After undergoing years of painful treatments for a childhood disorder, inventor Aaron Horowitz was inspired to help provide comfort to young children battling cancer As a child, Aaron Horowitz spent ...

My Special Aflac DuckTM emulates young patients’ moods, responds to the same often-painful therapies, and dances, quacks and nuzzles to help comfort children, like Teryn, when they need it the most..

ATLANTA — A plush, robotic duck may soon become a fixture in the world of children who have cancer — a social robot that can be silly, happy, angry, scared or sick just like them, and help them cope ...

The Aflac duck is best known for helping its namesake insurance company hawk supplemental insurance, but recently the squawking waterfowl's found a new purpose: helping kids going through chemotherapy ...

It’s easy to feel jaded at an event like CES where there are countless of tech companies claiming to have the smartest and most innovative products that are, in reality, just expensive and useless eye ...

FOOTBALL. HEAD COACH DABO SWINNEY PARTNERED WITH AFLAC TODAY TO DELIVER SPECIAL ROBOTS LIKE DUCKS TO CHILDREN IN NEED AT PRISMA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN GREENVILLE. ALL THE KIDS HAD NO IDEA, AND THEY ...

While family walks are a great way to get some fresh air and vitamin D, sometimes kids need a little more movement. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends introducing physical activity early in ...