The Texas Legislature has countless things on its plate, but one issue that arises occasionally in the headlines and in popular culture deserves attention in this session after years of foot-dragging.

Munchausen by proxy is a rare mental disorder and can become a serious form of child abuse. Recently, the condition has gotten increased attention due to its connection to a major news story. Gypsy ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An elected official in Lehigh County is calling for action after he says he discovered an unusually high number of rare medical diagnoses. He says they led to multiple parents ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is opening up about her abusive childhood since her recent release from prison, after serving a seven-year sentence for the murder of her mother, Clauddine Blanchard. The recently ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Lancaster woman was arrested and has been charged with aggravated assault to a child after allegedly making up several illnesses for her infant child. According to the Lancaster ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A new report from the Lehigh County controller is raising some red flags. He says there's an unusually high number of Munchausen syndrome by proxy diagnoses in Pennsylvania's Northeast region. He ...

Andrea Dunlop’s reasons for creating a podcast on Munchausen syndrome by proxy are both educational and personal. Dunlop, who lives in Seattle, wanted to “get into the humanity” of perpetrators of ...

A Fort Worth woman was convicted of injury to a child last week in a suspected Munchausen syndrome by proxy case in Tarrant County. In August 2021, 22-year-old Sarah Melgar was charged with three ...

The legal system is broken. Gypsy Rose Blanchard is a prime example of a child being tortured for years while the courts turned a blind eye. She spent her entire childhood enduring life-threatening ...

Last year, a California woman was sentenced to five years in prison for an online scheme that netted her over $105,000 in donations. Amanda Christine Riley, age 37, cultivated followers on Facebook, ...