Caregiving responsibilities can cut young people off from peers and interrupt their emerging life story. And there's been little research or support directed at this group. That's starting to change.

A new report shows rapid development of new cancer treatment and detection is helping people live more. But more people are also getting diagnosed, and at younger ages.

Teen vaping is trending downwards these days. But data from Colorado and around the country show the generation that made Juul cool is still hooked on nicotine.

The National Institutes of Health annually surveys substance abuse among young adults in its Monitoring the Future study.

That's almost three times higher than 50 years ago. Finances and caregiving are the driving factors behind multigenerational households, according to the Pew Research Center.

A general increase in mask-wearing has been encouraging, U.S. public health experts say. But too few young people, especially, are social distancing and taking other steps to slow coronavirus' spread.

As college campuses grapple with outbreaks of coronavirus infections, research from the CDC suggests young adults are driving infection rates, putting older, more vulnerable people at risk.