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Preschoolers' cognitive skills may be tied to timing of their motor milestones
Babies who start standing later than other infants might have more challenges with cognitive or adaptive skills by the time they’re in preschool than their peers who stand sooner, a... More
For injured teens, pediatric trauma centers may be best
Injured teens treated at pediatric trauma centers are less likely to die than those treated at adult centers, a new study suggests. Pediatric trauma centers have resources... More
Flint children's blood lead levels rose in water crisis: U.S. officials
Federal health officials on Friday confirmed that the blood lead levels of children in Flint, Michigan, rose after the city switched to the Flint River as the source of its drinking... More
Google beats children's web privacy appeal, Viacom to face one claim
Google and Viacom on Monday defeated an appeal in a nationwide class action lawsuit by parents who claimed the companies illegally tracked the online activity of children under the... More
Japan revamps child welfare, but tens of thousands still institutionalized
A baby lies in a metal-bar cot drinking from a bottle perched on his pillow in a Tokyo orphanage. There's no one to hold and feed him or offer words of comfort. More
Woman gives birth deep in Siberian forest as police shoo away bears
A police officer had to fire shots deep in the taiga, or snow forest, scaring away bears and other wild beasts for two hours as medics were treating a Russian woman who had just... More
Child hooligans: Fans as young as 12 receive Football Banning Orders in Britain
More than 100 child football hooligans – some as young as 12 – have been banned from attending games in Britain for taking part in organized violence. The figures, obtained by the... More
Adult toys, oral & anal sex part of German school education program targeting homophobia
Anal sex practices, sadomasochism and adult sex toys should become known to German pupils through “theatrical performance,” lectures or workshops, according to teaching materials... More
500 school children needlessly sent for ‘deradicalization’ by government, teaching union claims
More than 1,000 children have been referred by teachers to a deradicalization program in the space of a year to prevent them becoming terrorists - but leading teaching unions insist... More
Children as young as 1 targeted by sexual predators online – NSPCC
The internet was used in more than 3,000 sex crimes against children in England and Wales over the past year, according to the NSPCC. The youngest victim was a one-year-old infant. More
Drug dealers using child-friendly cartoon logos on ‘cheap night out’ ecstasy pills
Child-friendly logos are increasingly being used on ecstasy pills, according to a drugs expert. The claim comes just days after three 12-year-old girls were hospitalized in Greater... More
Boys forced to rape each other at Australian military schools - inquiry
Gruesome details about Australia’s military were revealed after a public inquiry on child sex abuse discovered how recruits were forced to rape one another as part of a sick... More
LA police catch 238 cyber child molesters in 2 months, adds to over 1,000 arrests across US
Nearly 240 alleged child molesters have been arrested in Southern California in just two months. It came as part of a nationwide crackdown on child sex abusers that netted nearly 1,... More
Microcephaly in Brazil: The battle to survive the first year
"I saw my daughter dead in my arms," says Severina Carla da Silva, 32, describing the moment that her six-month-old baby Nivea Heloisa passed out after being breastfed. "She became... More
