Children under 14 will be barred from joining social media in Florida from next year. Signed into law by governor Ron DeSantis, the legislation directs social media firms to delete…
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Three children among eight killed in Texas mall shooting - as one boy left orphaned
Three children are among the eight people killed in Saturday’s shooting at a Texas shopping center – with one child orphaned after his parents and brother died. Mauricio Garcia opened…
The death rate for adolescents and children in the US skyrocketed in 2020 and 2021
The US child and adolescent mortality rate skyrocketed in 2020 and 2021, a boost not fueled by deaths from covid-19, but by fatal injuries from firearms, drugs and car accidents,…
Deaths of children under 5 years of age due to opioid use are increasing in the United States, according to a study
The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has risen significantly, according to a new study of accidental poisonings of children five years of…