The first cohort of New York City’s free child-care programs for 2-year-olds will open this fall in five local school districts, Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul announced Tuesday in upper Manhattan. The ...

Massachusetts health officials are planning an ambitious effort to help new parents and babies. Their aim is to deploy nurses to visit the homes of every baby in the state within eight weeks of birth.

FIVE AT 11. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT. THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH. AT MOST HOSPITALS, IT’S CONSIDERED A PRETTY ROUTINE EVENT, BUT LOCAL DOCTORS ARE NOW TESTING THIS BREAKTHROUGH TECHNIQUE. THAT’S ANYTHING ...