Bonnie Miller Rubin, Chicago Tribune Two years ago, Natasha Felix’s three children were outside playing at a playground next to her East Ukrainian Village apartment while she was at home. She was checking on her sons — then ages 11, […]
USA Today It’s officially flu season. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu activity is currently low across the United States, but outbreaks can begin in October. The virus can hit kids particularly hard: More than 20,000 children […]
Bruce Lesley, Huffington Post The Urban Institute released its annual report entitled Kids’ Share 2015 last week and the analysis is a disturbing one for those of us concerned about the well-being of the next generation and our nation’s future. […]
Lisa Schlein, Voice of America GENEVA— The United Nations Children’s Fund is urging Sudan’s warring parties to give the go-ahead for a life-saving measles vaccination campaign. Thousands of children in hard to reach areas currently are at risk for the […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS, NBC NEWS A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy plunged into the pond of an apartment complex at night to rescue two young girls who, cops say, had been thrown there to drown by their father. Durham County Sheriff’s Deputy […]
FOX NEWS DEVELOPING: “Baby Doe,” the toddler whose body was found on a Boston Harbor beach, was identified Friday as Bella Bond and her mother and mother’s boyfriend have been arrested in her death, a Massachusetts prosecutor said Friday. Suffolk […]
NBC NEWS Parents and doctors need to take the lead in talking to kids about drinking, and they need to do it before children try their first sip, the main pediatricians’ group says. And that moment might come sooner than […]
(CNN)Teens who live in states with less restrictive gun laws may be more likely to carry guns, according to a study. They’re able to access them because more adults in those states own guns, researchers said. The researchers focused on […]
(Reuters Health) – There isn’t enough evidence yet to say whether e-cigarettes are safe or effective for helping people quit smoking, new U.S. guidelines on tobacco cessation conclude. The conclusion, issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) today […]
Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday to extend federal child nutrition assistance programs to children in Native American tribes. Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), along with Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), unveiled the Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of […]
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