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Study explores impact of COVID-19 social isolation measures on development
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], February 7 (ANI): COVID-19 forced children to stay isolated and indoors for more than a year. The precious formative years of a child are for it to explore, touch, hear, speak, feel and see things, outside their home. This opportunity, unfortunately, was snatched from them. No
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Resilience training and co-curricular activities in schools help prevent m
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 7 (ANI): School is the place that forms the foundation of what a person grows up to be. But what if children develop mental health disorders in the school itself? According to a new study, clinicians are calling for coping and social skills training and more e
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Child masking in early pandemic associated with reduced COVID-19 issues, f
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Haven (Connecticut) [US], February 6 (ANI): A new study revealed that child care programs in the United States that practiced child masking early in the COVID-19 pandemic (May-June 2020) experienced a 13 per cent reduction in program closure within the following year, and continued child
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Indian footballers take stand of zero tolerance for female genital mutilat
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Indian Footballers took a stand on the International Day for Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, stating that malpractice needs to come to an end to give an equal chance to children.
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Meet the change-makers who are bridging the education inequality gap throu
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New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Teach For India Fellowship is a 2-year, full-time, paid opportunity for India's most promising individuals, both recent graduates, and working professionals, to serve as teaching Fellows to children in some of the nation's most under-resource
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10 killed by landmine in Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): A minivan was hit by a landmine on Friday in southern Somalia, killing 10 passengers, including five women and four children.
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Study finds ADHD drugs may treat symptoms of genetic movement disorder in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A new study has found that a common medication used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to help manage the symptoms of a rare and currently difficult to treat genetic movement disorder primarily found in children.
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Study finds lifestyle affects child's BMI more than their mother's weight
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bristol [UK], February 5 (ANI): A team of researchers have found that an increased Body Mass Index of a mother before and during pregnancy is not a major cause of high BMI in their offspring -- indicating that obesity is more likely to be a result of lifestyle factors.
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Biden marks 'tragic milestone' of 900,000 American deaths from COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday marked the "'tragic milestone" of 900,000 deaths from COVID-19 even as he urged Americans to do their part to fight the pandemic including getting themselves and their children vaccinated against the disease.
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British-Pakistani Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offences
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], February 4 (ANI): Disgraced former Labour peer Lord Nazir Ahmed has been jailed five-and-a-half years for sexual abuse of two children in the 1970s, UK media reported on Friday.
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Formulate integrated nutrition programme for women, children health, CM Bo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 4 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday instructed the officials to formulate an integrated nutrition programme for the health of mothers and children.
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Ukraine conflict affecting children's mental health: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], February 4 (ANI): The grinding conflict in eastern Ukraine is increasingly affecting the mental health of boys and girls, causing nightmares, social isolation and panic attacks, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
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