Teens

Vaping marijuana

Vaping marijuana may be worse for teens than using e-cigarettes or smoking

Fatal opioid overdoses in young people often involve abuse of multiple drugs

opioid overdose multiple drugs

Police seek public help in solving Bucks County teen's death at Lake Nockamixon

Jason Kutt

Philadelphia to offer paid online work for youth this summer through WorkReady

Workready jobs program digitization

Even teens with mild mental distress have increased suicide risk, study finds

Teens at risk of suicide

Juul pitches locked e-cigarette that blocks underage users

Juul Age Lock FDA

Pennsylvania A.G. sues Juul for 'cynically' marketing vaping to teens

Vaping lawsuit Pennsylvania

Children's Health

Sixers' Matisse Thybulle supports Abington teen in dire need of bone marrow transplant

Juwan Adams Thybulle

Nearly as many teens are vaping marijuana as nicotine, NIH reports

Vaping Marijuana

When teens abuse parents, shame and secrecy make it hard to seek help

Teens abusing parents

Chester County teen wins $25,000 prize for vehicle blindspot technology

Alaina Gassler Blindspot

Children's Health

More research shows benefits of bariatric surgery for obese teens with type 2 diabetes

Bariatric diabetes

Pennsylvania high school football player wakes up 4 days after head injury

Patrick Maloney

Camden Freeholder: Ban vaping products until we understand the risks

New Jersey vaping ban

Tobacco sales to minors in Philly skyrocketed in 2018, health department says

Cigarettes Philly minors

Fast food may be a factor in rising teen depression, study finds

McDonald's Sodium

Man arrested in fatal shooting of 15-year-old girl in Atlantic City

Nahquil Lovest Atlantic City

San Francisco enacts ban on e-cigarette sales to curb youth addiction

Juul San Francisco

Two teens killed in lightning strike at Pennsylvania park

Mammoth Park

The place to go to make prom dreams out of simple cloth

Carroll - Fabric Row during prom season

Cherry Hill teen reaches final round of 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee

spelling bee

Children's Health

Teen drivers with ADHD far more likely to crash than peers

Car Crash Teens ADHD

Teen hiker survives 80-foot fall in Lehigh Valley woods

Lehigh Gap Nature Center

Planet Fitness is inviting teens to work out for free all summer long

planet fitness free teens

Pennsylvania high school basketball player mourned after fatal heart attack

JT Kuhn Big Spring High School

Suspect held after 14-year-old girl shot in face in Northeast Philly

Philadelphia Police officer cruiser

Children's Health

Driven by vaping, youth tobacco use surged in 2018

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New Jersey teen dies after accident at Blue Mountain Resort in Poconos

Blue Mountain Resort Skiing

Delco teen charged in fatal beating of retired USPS worker

Tramaine Warfield

Children's Health

Neuroscientists identify a surprising low-tech fix to the problem of sleep-deprived teens

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Teen's science experiment uncovers roundworm contamination at Montgomery County parks

Heather Place Park

'Fortnite' teaches the wrong lessons

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Man charged in alleged Whisper app rape of Ardmore teen

Joseph Valiquette

Police: Teen arrested for shooting threat at Upper Darby High School

Upper Darby High School

Teen catches massive mahi-mahi at Jersey Shore tournament

mahi-mahi Ocean City

Police: Teens arrested in killing of former Imhotep standout

Imhotep Kristian Marche

New Jersey teen pulled from Millville pond dies

Menantico Ponds

Philly police officer pays tribute to slain Bronx teen Lesandro Guzman-Feliz

Lisandro Junior Guzman-Feliz

Police video shows M-device exploding at Chinese restaurant in Kensington

Kensington Explosion Chinese

When erratic teenage behavior means something more

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Missing Pennsylvania teen found as questions linger about disappearance

Sierra Kulokoski

If a parent doesn't get treatment for depressed child, is that abuse?

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Children's Health

Do boozy Instagram posts prompt teens to drink? Penn research shows connection

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