KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kids don’t like clowns. The story exploded out of England recently: A survey conducted by the University of Sheffield polled 250 children, ages 4 to 16, and concluded that hospitals ...

McDUFFIE COUNTY, Ga. -- Another strange clown incident involving children is under investigation, this time in Georgia. Two brothers in McDuffie County say they were chased by at least two men dressed ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Clowns complete with red noses and tutus delivered the joy of Carnival to sick children in a Rio de Janeiro hospital on Tuesday, bringing the ebullient festivities normally found ...

Clowning around is taken very seriously by Shrine clowns. More than 50 people with giant red noses and shoes 16 inches long joked around at the annual International Shrine Clown Association conference ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. PLAN INTERNATIONAL is sending a group of clowns to Haiyan affected areas this holiday season to ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a group of researchers evaluated the impact of medical clown interventions on sleep quality and hospital stay duration in pediatric patients. Sleep ...