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Médecins Sans Frontières urges ViiV to speed child access to key AIDS drug
International medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday accused specialist HIV drugmaker ViiV Healthcare of delaying access for children with the AIDS virus to a... More
Gluten-free kids' foods loaded with sugar
Children’s foods that are promoted as gluten-free tend to be lacking in nutritional value and loaded with sugar just like other packaged kids’ products on grocery store shelves, a U... More
Screen time linked to ADHD symptoms in teens
Teens who spend lots of time surfing the web, playing games and chatting with friends on smartphones and tablets may be more likely to develop ADHD symptoms than youth who don’t, a... More
Not all adults think nicotine 'definitely harmful' to kids
While most adults know nicotine is bad for children, smokers and some other individuals aren’t convinced of this fact, according to a U.S. study that suggests a need for more public... More
Mass radio campaign saves thousands of child lives in Africa
A mass radio campaign in Burkina Faso led to a significant rise in sick children getting medical attention and could prove one of the most cost-effective ways to save young lives in... More
Britain launches slavery inquiry amid concern over child drug runners
Britain launched an inquiry into its progress on tackling modern slavery on Wednesday, citing concerns over the effectiveness of a landmark law seen as one of the world’s toughest... More
Record 123 million infants received at least one vaccine in 2017, says UN
A record-breaking total of around 123 million, or nine out of 10, infants, received at least one dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine in 2017, protecting them from deadly ... More
Rights groups urge better treatment for Mongolia child jockeys
At the opening of Mongolia’s traditional Naadam festival, red-cheeked child jockeys in brightly colored outfits and helmets raced over the muddy steppe in a 24-km (15-mile)... More
EU urged to draft law on child labor, deforestation in coffee and cocoa
The European Union must set mandatory rules to tackle child labor and deforestation in the cocoa and coffee sectors, after years of voluntary action has failed to spur widespread... More
Peers and parents may have influenced drop in childhood smoking
Two consecutive generations of children in the UK had dramatically different rates of smoking at an early age, and one major reason may be the changing socioeconomic status and... More
Babies who started solids slept better: study
Babies who start on solids at three months sleep better than infants exclusively breastfed until six months of age, according to a new analysis of clinical trial data. The World... More
Clean water for all is still centuries away, aid group warns
Supplying clean water and toilets for all could take hundreds of years in countries like Eritrea and Namibia unless governments step up funding to tackle the problem and its harmful... More
Security Council urges countries to factor child protection into conflict prevention efforts
Countries have been urged to mainstream child protection into the policies they introduce aimed at preventing conflict, in line with a Security Council resolution adopted on Monday. More
Three-quarters of South Sudanese children have known nothing but war
Since South Sudan became the world's youngest country in 2011, 2.6 million of the 3.4 million babies have been born in war, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed. More
