Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people to nicotine dependence, respiratory and oral-health problems, poorer
A jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Tuesday found that Meta Platforms violated state law by misleading users about the safety of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp while enabling child sexual exploitation.
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The fragile progress made in reducing child mortality over the past two decades is now at risk of unraveling. A new report by a United Nations inter-agency group has issued a stark
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A deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has jolted students, families and health officials, exposing the speed and severity with which the infection can spread through tightly knit communities. Two young people—a
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Yusuf is only 15 years old, small for his age, with narrow shoulders and a voice that still wavers between childhood and adolescence. But the scars across his body tell a far
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Six of the United States’ leading Senate Democrats on Monday condemned an apparent U.S. military strike on a girls’ school in Minab, a southern province of Iran,
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Two weeks ago, a WhatsApp group no parent ever wants to join stood at 25 members. Since then, four more have been added, bringing the total to 29 — each representing the
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Nestlé announced on Wednesday that it was widening its recall of infant formula to include an additional batch of its Guigoz brand after France lowered the maximum allowed threshold for cereulide, a
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Children are being exposed to pornography at alarmingly early ages, with studies showing that between 8% and 20% encounter explicit content before turning 10, and over 90% before 14. This phenomenon, reported
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For many Americans, TikTok is more than entertainment — it is a habit, and in some cases, an addiction. Jon Freilich, a 51-year-old operations manager in California, described his daily use of
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor “Some would have you believe that Israel is the villain in Gaza, yet the reality is that Israel has lost more lives trying to save civilians than
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Emergency hospital admissions for children and teenagers with mental health crises have risen by nearly two-thirds in the past decade, driven largely by an increase in cases of self-harm and eating disorders
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The Australian government has introduced a landmark bill aiming to prohibit children under the age of 16 from accessing social media platforms, while also imposing significant fines on companies that fail to
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Chanie Wenjack was a 12-year-old Anishinaabe boy who attended the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario, in the 1960s. Like many Indigenous children, he was forcibly removed from his family
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Sri Lanka celebrated the International Children’s Day on 1 October with several events in Colombo with the participation of the new Prime Minister, Dr Harini Amarasuriya, and other officials related to children’s
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has reinforced its collaboration with the Sri Lanka Police (SLP) in the fight against online child exploitation, as part of National Child Protection Week 2024. The AFP
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