Children
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World
Food Aid Program for Mothers and Children Will Provide More Fruits and Vegetables
The Agriculture Department updated the WIC program to more closely align with nutrition guidelines. The changes also reduce assistance for milk and juice.
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Health
Judge Orders Timely Housing for Migrant Children Waiting at Border
The decision established that minors at open-air sites were in legal custody of the Department of Homeland Security and thus must receive safe shelter, even if they had not yet been formally processed.
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World
The First Flight of Their Lives: An Airlift After Agony in Gaza
Shaymaa Shady, 5, had her first amputation in January, after an explosion erupted by her family’s house in Gaza where she and relatives were resting. Sarah Yusuf, also 5, suffered burns and broke her leg and pelvis when her town was bombarded by ...
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World
Dozens of Children Abducted in Nigeria Have Been Released, Officials Say
The military of the West African nation, which is plagued by kidnappings largely driven by demands for ransom payments, said 137 children had been freed in the country’s north.
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Politics
Smells Like Teen … Sandalwood?
Two musky steroids, and higher levels of odorous acids, distinguish the body odors of teens and tots, a new study finds.
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World
What Really Causes Poor Performance in School
More from our inbox: Becoming a Republican to Vote Against TrumpCountering Propaganda From the Fossil Fuel IndustryCredit...Wayne Miller/MagnumTo the Editor: Re “We’re Not Battling the School Issues That Matter,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, March 7 ...
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World
Severe Malnutrition in Young Children in Gaza Is Rising Fast, UNICEF Says
Children in the Gaza Strip are facing severe and rapidly worsening food deprivation, and an alarming number are suffering from the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, United Nations experts reported on Friday, in their most dire assessment ...
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World
Olga Murray, Who Changed the Lives of Children in Nepal, Dies at 98
Her foundation rescued thousands of girls and young women from bonded slavery and secured meals and schooling for impoverished children.
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World
Children Evacuated From Gazan Orphanage to West Bank
Nearly 70 children were evacuated from an orphanage in the southern Gazan city of Rafah and taken to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a charity involved in the effort said on Tuesday. The charity, SOS Children’s Villages International, said it had ...
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Health
More Screen Time Means Less Parent-Child Talk, Study Finds
The News Credit...Jessica Kourkounis for The New York TimesAccording to new research, “technoference” is real. Toddlers who are exposed to more screen time have fewer conversations with their parents or caregivers by an array of measures. They say ...