Researchers are raising concerns over the availability and quality of institutional care for children living in Europe.

Throughout the 52 countries in the European region under the umbrella of the World Health Organization, institutional care for young children is common

Children between the ages of 8 and 12 are dying in car crashes at a rate of more than one a day. Safety activists say that points to a big problem: Too many adolescents or "tweens" aren't belted safely into the back seat.

There is also a problem with tweens and children who sit in the front seat. The report says that children 13 and under should always be seated in the back

An advocacy group is calling for Congress to pass a resolution to limit the amount of fraudulent asbestos cases filed in court.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) on Thursday encouraged Congress to pass S. 852, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act (FAIR Act)

Due to a significant decline in birth rates, Poland's government has offered a baby bonus for Polish women in order to boost the country's falling population.

Each woman will receive 1,000 PLN ($305) after giving birth to their child. Birth rates are declining in much of Europe and Poland has one of the lowest in the continent

New Jersey has become the first state to use public money to fund human stem cell research. New Jersey is awarding grants to 17 researchers at universities, nonprofit institutions and corporate labs.

The grants of up to $300,000 each fund two years of research and were made possible by a $5 million allocation in the $28 billion state budget that acting Gov. Richard J. Codey signed in July. The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology chose the recipients from 71 applicants. The researchers will study both adult stem cells, culled from spinal-cord fluid, and embryonic stem cells, which are formed in the first days of pregnancy