An Indigenous group said the remains of as many as 751 people, mainly children, had been found in unmarked graves on the site of a former boarding school in Saskatchewan.
An Indigenous group said the remains of as many as 751 people, mainly children, had been found in unmarked graves on the site of a former boarding school in Saskatchewan.
By Susan Brink In January 2016, Goats & Soda reported on lead levels in the soil of neighborhoods near an abandoned smelter in Kabwe, Zambia — and in the blood of the children. For nearly 100 years, smoke from the […]
By: Rhitu Chatterjee This week, the Trump administration announced a new regulation that would allow it to detain migrant families who have crossed the U.S. border illegally for an indefinite period of time. The new rule aims to replace the […]
By: Benazir Samad In April, a medical mystery made headlines in Larkana, Pakistan. Some children with persistent fevers were tested for HIV. There were 14 positive results. Additional testing identified 494 children in the area who were HIV-positive. But according […]
By: Sushmita Pathak Imagine this — you’re going to school, and you hear that the government has banned homework. Wouldn’t that be the best day ever? Well, it actually happened in India. The government said there would be no homework […]
By: Nurith Aizenman With measles making a comeback in many upper-income countries including the United States and still rampant in some poorer nations such as Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar, a leading measles expert is warning of a danger […]
David Risings, ABC U.S. chocolate maker Mars said Tuesday it’s recalling candy bars and other items in 55 countries in Europe and elsewhere after plastic was found in one of its products. Roel Govers, spokesman for Mars in the Netherlands, […]
Noor Wazwaz, NPR The ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip has damaged hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities, leaving major gaps in health care. Children with cancer, in particular, struggle to get the proper treatment they need. They often have […]
Carl Zimmer, New York Times In 2013, an obese man went to Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark to have his stomach stapled. All in all, it was ordinary bariatric surgery — with one big exception. A week before the operation, the […]
Kimberly Leonard, U.S. News & World Report Almost a third of deaths from food poisonings around the world are in children under age 5 – even though children make up less than 10 percent of the world’s population, the latest […]