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Sleep doctors call for later school start times
Starting classes at middle school and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m. would help teens arrive alert, healthy and ready to learn, U.S. sleep medicine specialists say. More
Wartime economic crisis threatens education of millions of Yemeni children - U.N
Two years of war may deprive a generation of Yemeni children of an education, the U.N. warned this month, putting them at greater risk of being married off or recruited as child... More
Detroit doctor charged with female genital mutilation of seven-year-olds
U.S. authorities have charged a Detroit doctor with performing genital mutilation on 7-year-old girls in what is believed to be the first case brought under a law prohibiting the... More
Sold into slavery: India's lost generation of missing children
It was a balmy August afternoon last year when 11-year-old Piyush Sharma disappeared while playing outside his home in the small east Indian town of Hatia. The skinny little boy,... More
Black U.S. babies still more likely to die than white infants
Even as infant mortality rates are declining nationwide, there are some U.S. states where black babies are much more likely to die than white infants, a recent study suggests. More
Anti-depressant use before, during pregnancy tied to autism risk
Antidepressant use right before and during pregnancy may be linked with a higher risk of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, hints a new analysis of past research. More
Pregnant teens more likely to smoke pot than other girls
Adolescent girls are more than twice as likely to smoke marijuana if they’re pregnant, a U.S. study suggests. While previous research has tied teen drug and alcohol use to higher... More
Kids more likely to stop bullies when parents tell them to
Kids are more likely to step in when they see bullying at school if their parents have told them to get involved than if they’ve been taught it’s better to stay out of it, a recent... More
Weight loss surgery raises odds of abdominal surgery during pregnancy
Women who have had bariatric surgery are six times more likely to need abdominal surgery during pregnancy compared to obese pregnant women who haven’t had a prior weight loss... More
Should pregnant mothers hang up their cell phones?
Children whose mothers were frequent cell phone users during pregnancy were more likely than those of less frequent users to be hyperactive, a new study finds. But lead author Laura... More
Boko Haram Is Increasingly Using Children In Suicide Attacks
The use of children as suicide bombers by the insurgents of Boko Haram has surged in 2017, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. More
Millions of children in Yemen vaccinated against polio through UN-backed campaign
Despite daunting challenges, United Nations agencies and partners in war-torn Yemen have completed a major nationwide polio inoculation campaign, vaccinating nearly five million... More
African migrants reportedly being sold in ‘slave markets’ in Libya, UN agency warns
Hundreds of migrants along North African migrant routes are being bought and sold openly in modern day ‘slave markets’ in Libya, survivors have told the United Nations migration... More
Iraq: UN agency ramps up emergency medical care to women and girls affected by conflict
The United Nations population agency, with financial support from the European Union (EU), has increased its humanitarian response in Iraq to meet the urgent needs of women and... More
