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Obama signs into law opioid addiction bill to protect newborns

President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a measure that pledges greater efforts to protect drug-dependent newborns and assist their parents. The Comprehensive Addiction and...

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Spain registers first case in Europe of baby born with Zika-related defect

Spain has recorded the first case in Europe of a baby born with the microcephaly birth defect associated with the Zika virus, Spanish health authorities said on Monday.

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When pot became legal in Colorado, kids' exposures went up

After recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, there was an increase in hospitalizations and poison control center visits for kids who’d been accidentally exposed to the...

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Failed by courts, children bear brunt of rape in Ivory Coast: activists

Children in Ivory Coast bear the brunt of sexual violence in a culture where rape is widely considered "insignificant" and perpetrators usually go unpunished, activists say. Two in...

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Child hunger and death rising in Zimbabwe due to drought, charity says

 Child hunger and deaths are rising in Zimbabwe due to the worst drought in two decades, with thousands facing starvation by the end of the year without additional aid, an...

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Reducing children’s exposure to violence – virtual and real

Pediatricians, parents, industry and policymakers need to join forces to limit children's exposure to virtual and real violence, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics'...

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Bangladesh police investigate death of 10-year-old child worker

Police in Bangladesh are investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy at a textile mill who was killed after co-workers inserted the nozzle of a high-pressure air pump in his rectum...

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In Turkish sweatshops, Syrian children sew to survive

Muna Awwal wants to go to school. But she needs to go to work. Muna says she is 10 years old. Nine, corrects her father, Mahmud, as they sit in the family's second-floor flat in...

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Quarter of a million children starving in Boko Haram's home state in Nigeria

Just under a quarter of a million children in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, where an insurgency waged by jihadists Boko Haram has disrupted trade and healthcare, suffer...

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El Nino driving child marriage and labor across southern Africa: agencies

Tens of thousands of children across southern Africa are being pushed out of school and into early marriage or child labor because of drought and hunger caused by the El Nino...

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In Serbia, building confidence through music

Until recently, enroling in school had been a challenge for Petra. The local school in her hometown refused to accept her, and she and her father were forced to relocate closer to a...

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“Camps have become a way of life” for families fleeing violence in South Sudan

Thousands of people continue to live in United Nations displacement sites in Juba, South Sudan, after fleeing intense battles that first erupted in the city a week ago today....

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In Tanzania, child protection systems keep children safe from harm

Eighteen-month-old Pretty did not get the best start in life. She was estimated to be only two weeks old when she was discovered in a pit latrine in Tanzania's Mbeya District...

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In Sierra Leone, saving lives with early infant diagnosis of HIV

Early infant diagnosis is essential for saving the lives of HIV-positive babies. But in Sierra Leone’s Kenema Government Hospital, out-of-date testing kits meant that health...

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In Ghana, a long overdue ‘place of convenience’ for an entire community

For the past 25 years, the Ho SDA School in Ghana’s Volta region has had no toilets on campus. The situation forced students and teachers to find their own ways to manage without...

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