SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Lead and other toxic heavy metals have been found in dangerously elevated amounts in some commercial baby foods sold in the United States, yet parents have had no way to know if ...

The supermarket chain Publix has recalled fruit and vegetable baby food sold in eight states because product testing found elevated levels of lead, according to federal health officials. Publix ...

What age is it ok to leave kids home alone? My kids are 12, nine and four, and today I needed to pick up a script for the sick nine-year-old. My eldest didn’t want to go out, the nine-year-old was too ...

Consumer Reports and Unleaded Kids, a nonprofit focused on protecting kids from lead exposure, recently evaluated 39 baby food brands to see how easy they make it for parents to check their baby’s ...

Every week, Caitlin Sciutto stops by Target and piles her cart with pureed food pouches for her 4-year-old and twin 18-month-old sons. In goes a 24-pack of unsweetened applesauce. Then a 24-pack of ...

Photographer Ute-Christin Cowan hasn't had much work these days; because of the executive order to shelter in place, she has had to halt her business, which has meant that she hasn't been able to snap ...