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People living near Lega Dembi gold mine in Ethiopia’s Oromia region have for years complained about serious health impacts, including children born with long-term health conditions, miscarriages, and ...

Pediatric medical professionals are pushing back against new CDC recommendations that implemented major changes to the childhood immunization schedule.

Following the CDC’s downgrade of the childhood vaccination schedule, pediatricians are warning it could have impacts on ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Purulent meningitis (PM) in children poses a public health problem, particularly in countries in the African meningitis belt. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...

In an unprecedented change, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of immunizations routinely recommended for all children from 17 to 11. On the new schedule, vaccines ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Diamniadio Children’s Hospital, University of Thiès, Thiès, Senegal. 2 Department of Biology, Diamniadio Children’s Hospital, University of Thiès, Thiès, Senegal. 3 ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have located more than 129,143 unaccompanied migrant children during 2025, according to an official.

Each year, 11 million people worldwide develop tuberculosis, and about 1.4 million die from it. Meningitis occurs in 1–2% of patients and is the most severe complication of tuberculosis, arising when ...

Some of the 510 Ukrainian children brought to Turkey from frontline regions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 were allegedly subjected to abuse at a hotel in Antalya, according to an ...

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences today revealed the nominees for its fourth annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, the stand-alone competition that honors creativity and ...

Authorities in Florida rescued 122 missing children across the state, making it one of the largest child recovery missions conducted in American history, officials said Monday. The U.S. Marshals-led ...