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Nasty parental divorce may leave a mark on adult immune system

Children whose parents separate and are not on speaking terms may be more vulnerable to catching colds as adults than kids whose parents stay together or go through an amicable...

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Child marriage will cost the world $4tn by 2030, researchers warn

Ending child marriage could add more than $4tn to the global economy, curb population growth and transform the lives of millions of young women worldwide, claim researchers.

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Parent fights for their child's right to remain genderless

A Canadian parent is fighting for the right to not give their baby a gender after arguing that a simple biological examination cannot uncover the child’s true identity.

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Ministers 'in the dark' over scale of child vulnerability - UK

Ministers do not know how many hundreds of thousands of children in England are living risky or vulnerable lives, says children's commissioner Anne Longfield. England's children's...

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1,000s of children rescued from slavery in England – report

Thousands of children in England have been rescued after being exploited for slave labor, suffering sexual or domestic abuse, a damning new report has found.

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Terminally-ill baby must be taken off life support, European court rules

A terminally-ill baby at the center of an international legal challenge will be taken off life support after the European Court of Human Rights ruled it would not intervene in the...

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Women, kids returning from war zones: EU

Women and children involved with groups like Daesh (ISIS) are increasingly returning to their home countries in Europe, with some posing a terror risk, a senior EU official said...

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Proper tools may help prevent medicine errors at home

 Providing parents with picture-based instructions - and with dosing tools that closely match the amount of medication needed - may help reduce cases of medication overdoses in...

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More Venezuelan children dying from preventable diseases amid crisis

Twelve-year-old Samuel Becerra went to Venezuela's main pediatric hospital for routine dialysis in March. Within two months, he was dead, along with three other youngsters who also...

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AIDS-aware, Indian sex workers ignore their children's health: study

Sex workers in India often give birth in their brothels then ignore the health needs of their growing children for fear of meeting prejudice in the medical system, new research...

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Progress reducing infant mortality uneven between whites and blacks

 White and black children in the United States did not benefit equally from a recent reduction in infant mortality, according to new research. From 2005 to 2015, if black infants...

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Prolonged breastfeeding ups risk of severe dental caries

Breastfeeding at age 2 or older increases a child’s risk of severe dental caries by the time they’re 5, independently of how much sugar they get from foods, researchers say.

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Positive parenting may offset brain effects of poverty

 A positive parenting style might protect kids from the negative effect that growing up in poverty is thought to have on their brain development, Australian researchers say.

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Malawi, UNICEF launch Africa’s first humanitarian drone testing corridor

Malawi and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) launched an air corridor on Thursday to test the effectiveness of drones in humanitarian emergencies and other development uses...

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Hospitals may not consistently support breastfeeding targets

Roughly half of breastfed newborns in New York State hospitals are also given formula, though there’s wide variation in feeding practices suggesting that differing hospital policies...

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