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'Expanding bead' toys may cause serious ear injuries, docs warn
Toys that are made out of tiny beads that expand when they get wet can be a hazard for children, in some cases getting stuck in kids' ears and causing permanent hearing loss,... More
How to wean your baby from breastfeeding
When you’re ready to start weaning your baby, you might be worried about how to do it and if it will be difficult— much like you did when you started to breastfeed. More
why Amish children are protected from asthma?
Forget Fluffy and Fido. Bessie the cow just might make a healthier pet. More
Study: By age 18, most kids' ADHD is gone
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is often characterized as restless days followed by restless nights. In fact, the association between poor sleep quality and the disorder is... More
With birth control scarce, women in Venezuela turn to sterilization
Add another problem to the catastrophe gripping Venezuela: women opting to sterilize themselves rather than bring a new life into the chaos. No government statistics on... More
South Carolina girl, 11, who contracted brain-eating amoeba in river dies
The 11-year-old South Carolina girl hospitalized after contracting a usually deadly brain-eating amoeba has died. The Beaufort Gazette reports Hannah Collins died at 10:20 p.m.... More
Low cost, flavors, convenience turn teens on to vaping: study
Young people try electronic cigarettes out of curiosity about the devices and alluring flavors that range from cotton candy to pizza, but keep vaping because of their low cost,... More
Fans of the Olympic and Paralympic Games urged to help protect children
UNICEF today launches a global sports initiative to engage people in its work for children. Sports enthusiasts worldwide can get involved in the Olympic and Paralympic action for... More
UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, calls for the protection of all children in Aleppo
UNICEF is extremely concerned for the safety and wellbeing of all children caught up in the escalating violence in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria. The escalation of this... More
'No jab, no pay': thousands immunise children to avoid family payment cuts
The federal government’s ‘no jab, no pay’ policy has prompted thousands of parents who had previously refused to immunise their babies to get them vaccinated. Social services... More
Millions of children doomed to a life of illiteracy
Almost 30 million children of primary school age will not learn to read and write. This was revealed in a paper by the Unesco Institute for Statistics and the Global Education... More
Indy native launches nonprofit to educate children of Nicaraguan coffee workers
After earning a Fulbright Fellowship in 2013, Kristin Van Busum was determined to help small-scale coffee growers in Nicaragua tap into the global coffee market and improve their... More
ISIS butchers behead two 'spies' in front of children at a busy park in Iraq
ISIS butchers have filmed themselves beheading two men in front of children at a busy park. The video, released from the terror group's news channel Wilayat Ninawa, shows two knife-... More
UNICEF welcomes Human Rights Watch report, Abuses against Children Detained as National Security Threats
“UNICEF welcomes the Human Rights Watch report Extreme Measures: Abuses against Children Detained as National Security Threats. “Children should be guaranteed the same legal... More
