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Moisturizing bath washes may not help kids with eczema
Children with eczema whose bath water contains added moisturizers may get no more relief from the itchy skin condition than they would without the extra bath products, a recent... More
Pediatricians urged to warn vulnerable kids away from '13 Reasons Why' Netflix series
A report in the journal Pediatrics warns that watching “13 Reasons Why,” a popular Netflix series about a teen girl’s suicide, may be inadvisable for some youngsters. More
Swedish girls fearing forced marriage told to hide spoon in underwear
A Swedish city is advising girls who fear being taken abroad for forced marriage or female genital mutilation (FGM) to tuck a spoon in their underwear before going through airport... More
From nightmares to dreams - rescued Indian children sketch life in slavery
Menacing dogs, violent bosses and a house left empty because its inhabitants are always working - these are the grim images of family life created by Indian children raised in... More
‘Enough is enough; stop attacks on children’ underscores UNICEF
With defenceless children increasingly targeted in conflicts , the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on all warring parties around the globe to comply with... More
‘Never forget children,’ UNICEF warns of escalating violence in Central African Republic
At least 350,000 children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are out of school and lack access to health and other basic services, including nearly 29,000 who have fled... More
New $10 billion funding plan, targets 260 million missing out on school
Three youth activists from India, Kenya and Sierra Leone on Friday delivered a petition signed by 1.5 million of their peers to the United Nations Secretary-General that calls for... More
Mothers, children, lacking basic nutrition in North Korea: UN food aid chief
The head of the United Nations food relief agency said on Friday that many mothers and young children in North Korea are still relying on humanitarian assistance to meet their... More
Children ‘are dying’ now in DRC’s Kasai from malnutrition, warns UNICEF
400,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “are at risk of death” in the Kasais region from food shortages caused by conflict and displacement, according to a... More
UNICEF urges wealthy countries to encourage more breastfeeding
Babies in wealthy countries are five times more likely to miss out on breastfeeding than those in the under-developed, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday,... More
US stillbirths and newborn deaths down 11.5%, study says
A recent drop in stillbirths and newborn deaths in the United States might be linked to an increase in term or near-term births, a new study suggests. More
Gender discrimination kills 239,000 girls in India each year, study finds
An estimated 239,000 girls under the age of five die in India each year due to neglectlinked to gender discrimination, a new study has found. The figure, which amounts to 2.4... More
The countries where 1 in 5 children are never breastfed
Physicians have long recommended that mothers breastfeed their babies -- as breastfeeding comes with many health benefits for both a mom and her infant -- but many babies may never... More
U.S. kids' exposure to second-hand pot smoke may be rising
A growing number of American parents are using marijuana when they still have children living at home, according to a new study that suggests cannabis may be complicating efforts to... More
