The end of California’s 15-year decline in teen pregnancy and birth rates couldn't come at a worse time for a state already in fiscal crisis. According to the No Time for Complacency: Teen Births in California report released today by the Public Health Institute (PHI), rising teen birth rates are costing California taxpayers $1.7 billion dollars a year, levying an average taxpayer cost per county of more than $29 million.

A total of 53 teenage girls were removed from Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado. 31 of those in the massive child removal have either had a baby or are now pregnant. Two of the girls that are now pregnant may also have had children in the past.

At least one in four teens in the U.S.A. has a sexually transmitted disease (STD), shows the study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

More than half of teenagers with the most debilitating forms of depression that do not respond to treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) show improvement after switching to a different medication combined with cognitive behavioral therapy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and their colleagues in a multicenter study have found.

Jacqui Smith MP, UK Labour's Home Secretary, has outlined tougher police powers and called for parents and the drinks industry to play their part in preventing young people and teenage drinking in public.

By Anastasia Tomazhenkova: At least seven teenagers in Wales, have apparently committed suicide in the past year in suspected copycat acts. Reporters have focussed on the possibility the teens may have used the Internet to research and discuss suicide.

Participating in school-based physical education and certain extracurricular physical activities during adolescence may be associated with a lower risk of being overweight as a young adult, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Teen girls who perceive themselves as being lower on the social ladder appear more likely to gain weight over the subsequent two years, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury – the deliberate, direct destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent – is a relatively common occurrence for adolescents in high school, a new study suggests.

High School Student Suffers Paralysis from Chest Down

Thirteen year olds can perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as well as adults, finds a study published on bmj.com today. The authors suggest that children as young as nine years old should be taught CPR skills including chest compressions.