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EU proposes raising targets for children in nurseries, kindergartens
BRUSSELS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed raising non-binding targets for early childhood education and guaranteeing affordable long-term…
Childrens’ noses defend less well against Omicron
The Omicron variant may be more efficient at infecting children through the nose than previous versions of the coronavirus, a small study…
Research reveals children’s screen time has increased by 90 minutes a day
Children aged between six and 10 increased their screen time by nearly an hour and a half every day during the pandemic,…
Italy’s firms move to tackle birth crisis
CARTIGLIANO, Italy (Reuters) - Businesses in the sleepy Italian town of Cartigliano are so worried about its declining birth rate and lack…
Italian court rules children should get both parents’ surnames
Italian children should be given the surname of both parents, the Constitutional Court said this week, overturning the tradition by which all…
Explainer – Scientists investigate mysterious outbreak of hepatitis in children in Europe, US
LONDON (Reuters) - Health authorities around the world are investigating a mysterious increase in severe cases of hepatitis - inflammation of the…
Gun deaths were the leading killer of US children in 2020
Guns overtook car crashes to become the leading cause of death for US children and teenagers in 2020, new research shows. Data…
176 children have been killed so far in Ukraine; 121,000 children ‘forcibly deported’ to Russia
Some 176 children have been killed following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office. A further 324 children…
Omicron infects more small children, but less harmfully
Among children under age 5 who were ineligible for coronavirus vaccines, the Omicron variant caused 6- to 8-times more infections than the…
Most unvaccinated children lack antibodies after COVID, study shows
Most children and adolescents do not have COVID-19 antibodies in their blood after recovering from a SARS-CoV-2 infection, new data has confirmed.…
ICC insists on ‘zero tolerance’ of crimes against children in Ukraine
THE HAGUE/LVIV (Reuters) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Wednesday he insisted on "zero tolerance" of sexual…
Studies show one in four kids with COVID develop lingering problems
One in four children with COVID-19 symptoms develop "long COVID," according to data pooled from 21 earlier studies conducted in Europe, Asia,…