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Increased risk of fatal injury comes with an autism diagnosis

Young people with autism are about three times more likely than the general population to experience deadly injuries like choking or drowning, according to a U.S. study.

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Australia’s Aboriginal children ‘essentially being punished for being poor’ – UN rights expert

Stressing that the rates of incarceration for Australia’s indigenous peoples have reached astounding, “tsunami” proportions, a United Nations human rights expert today called on the...

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Colombia landslide leaves at least 254 dead including 62 children

Colombian rescuers have been searching frantically for hundreds of missing people after the southern city of Mocoa was engulfed on Saturday by a huge landslide of mud, rocks and...

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Obesity during pregnancy increases risk of epilepsy in child, study finds

A study of more than a million children has found the risk of epilepsy almost doubled among those born to severely obese mums. Being overweight during the first trimester of...

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Europe becomes 'hub' for child sexual abuse content

Europe is becoming the global hub for the hosting of child sexual abuse images and videos, suggests a report. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) found that 60% of worldwide abuse...

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Parents must rat on kids for internet piracy, German court rules

German parents have to inform authorities of illegal downloads by their children, a German High Court has stated in an unprecedented ruling. Refusal to comply will result in fines.

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Tanzania struggles to end child labor from the lure of gold

Three years ago, 14-year-old Julius left his family near the lakeside city of Mwanza, Tanzania, to try his luck mining gold. Today Julius is in no hurry to leave, despite having one...

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Lack of clean water poses extra threat to millions facing famine: U.N.

Nearly 27 million people in countries facing famine - Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen - do not have access to safe water, which can be as deadly to severely malnourished...

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Tech advances fuel rise in online sex abuse of children in Philippines: charity

Technological advances, including the spread of high-speed internet, have fueled a surge in the Philippines of the sexual abuse of children as young as one years old in front of a...

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Forged documents trap Indian children, help traffickers evade justice

 Corrupt doctors and village leaders in India are helping traffickers to obtain fake documents to pass child victims off as adults and evade justice for crimes affecting thousands...

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From forced labor in fairs to child begging, U.S. study reveals new forms of slavery

From the exploitation of workers in carnivals to forcing people into door-to-door sales, more under-reported forms of modern slavery are emerging in the United States which need to...

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U.S. withdraws funding for U.N. Population Fund

The State Department said on Monday it was ending U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund, the international body's agency focused on family planning as well as maternal...

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Progress uneven as global child death rates fall

Deaths among children and adolescents became less common between 1990 and 2015, but not all countries benefited equally from the improvements, according to a new analysis.

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Vaccinating pregnant moms protects newborns from whooping cough

Infants are much less likely to get whooping cough if their mothers are vaccinated against the potentially fatal respiratory infection during pregnancy, a large U.S. study finds.

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U.N. food agency launches $250 million Zimbabwe plan to end hunger

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday pledged $253 million to fund a five-year plan to end hunger in Zimbabwe, which is emerging from a devastating drought that...

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