A South Carolina teen accused of plotting to bomb his high school is a straight-A student whose parents sought help from mental health experts when he slammed his head into a wall last week, authorities said Monday.

By MIKE STOBBE ATLANTA — One in 4 teen girls has rolled up her sleeve for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. The figures represent the government’s first substantial study of vaccination rates

Fewer Alabama teens are smoking, according to the results of the 2008 Youth Tobacco Survey. The survey, conducted by the Alabama Department of Public Health's Tobacco Prevention Branch shows a 17.5% decrease in high school students who smoke in 2008 from

Now that area youth are back in their school routines, local health officials are reminding parents to make sure their kids are properly vaccinated to help protect them from serious diseases.

Conditions for children and teens have improved slightly in Texas, but the state continues to rank in the bottom third when it comes to kids' health, according to the just-released Kids Count Data Book report. Video: Watch a Times/Channel 9-KTSM n