Children's Heath Topics

About 1 in 8 women aged 18 years and older and 1 in 5 high school girls binge drink. Binge drinking increases the chances of breast cancer, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancy, and many other health problems.

Teen birth rates in the United States have declined to the lowest rates seen in seven decades, yet they are still nine times higher than in most other developed countries and ethnic disparities continue to persist. Parents, educators, public health and medical professionals, and community organizations all have a role...