Every year, hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, die from malaria, a long-standing mosquito-borne disease that exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 627,000 individuals died of malaria in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, up 12% from 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates … Read more
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, die from malaria, a long-standing mosquito-borne disease that exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 627,000 individuals died of malaria in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, up 12% from 2019. Ahead of World Malaria Day on … Read more
They are desperate to leave and are running out of food, women and children said in a video released on Saturday from a giant steel works in Mariupol. The video was released by the Azov battalion, which was formed by pro-Ukrainian nationalists in 2014 and later became a regiment of the Ukrainian national guard. Reuters … Read more
Gwyneth Paltrow recently said that her children were embarrassed by the images on her prior phone’s lock screen. According to People, the Iron Man actress stated in her newsletter that her children Apple, 17, and Moses, 16, whom she has with ex Chris Martin, were uncomfortable seeing their stepfather Brad Falchuk’s naked photo on their … Read more
Adults and children wear device that monitors their glucose level and adjusts amount of insulin delivered. Hundreds of adults and children with type 1 diabetes in England have been fitted with an artificial pancreas that experts say could be used for managing the disease, in a trial on the NHS (National Health Service UK). The device … Read more
The only attribute that distinguishes people from animals is the mother’s love; just as in humans, the mother is aware of everything that damages the child and wants to keep the young safe from it. Similarly, she is always willing to spend time with the children. On social media, a video of a bird keeping … Read more
The video shows a german shepherd, the smart pet dog, keeping an eye on two children while they play in the backyard. On social media, a video of a pet dog saving a child from slipping into a pond has gone viral. A german shepherd, one of the brightest pet dogs, is shown in the … Read more
Albright, a key player in “liberal internationalism,” a foreign policy school linked with President Woodrow Wilson and his aim of “making the world safe for democracy,” died on Wednesday at the age of 84. In the 1990s, she was a key figure in American foreign policy, first as a UN ambassador and later as Secretary … Read more
LILONGWE – Malawi has rolled out a polio vaccination campaign targeting more than 2.9 million children aged 0-5 across the country. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda on Sunday officially unveiled the campaign here in the capital, saying the campaign will be carried out in four phases from March up to July, using a door-to-door … Read more
WASHINGTON – Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine greatly reduced the risk of Omicron infection among children aged 5 to 15, according to a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday. Children and adolescents aged 5 to 15 were tested for SARS-CoV-2 weekly, irrespective of symptoms, during July … Read more
Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam is now an inspiration for many fans across the country and especially children who look up to him. Babar is currently the world’s number one batsman in T20I and onde day internationals. However, he is at number nine in Test cricket. A video of a three-year-old refusing to take his … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea’s drug safety agency on Wednesday authorized the use of COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 for the first time amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. The two-dose vaccine, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, was approved for use among minors aged 5 through 11, with a lower dose level of … Read more
VIENTIANE – The Lao government will begin a nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 6 to 11 in March in a bid to reopen schools safely, local media reported Wednesday. Local daily Vientiane Times quoted Deputy Manager of the National Immunization Program Chansai Pathammavong as saying that a total of 957,000 children in … Read more
SYDNEY – New data released by the Australian state of Queensland on Wednesday showed a concerning rise in COVID-19 cases among school-age children. There were 1,905 cases reported in Queensland’s children aged 5-17 on Wednesday, up from the previous day’s 1,587. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer John Gerrard admitted there has been “a bump in cases … Read more
QUETTA: In partnership with the provincial government, ChildLife Foundation has successfully covered every district in Balochistan through its Emergency Room and Telemedicine Satellite Centers. According to a statement issued by ChildLife Foundation, ChildLife has treated over 67,000 children in its state-of-the-art pediatric Emergency Room in Balochistan’s largest teaching hospital in Quetta. The latest life-saving equipment … Read more
LAHORE: A woman, who left her husband as he prohibited her from improper use of mobile phone, on Wednesday approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking recovery of her children from their father. The woman, Sidra Bibi, stated before Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh that she did not want to live with her husband and wanted … Read more
Climate change in the coming decades could lead to an increase in cases of kidney stones that would bring huge costs to healthcare systems, according to research by scientists in the United States. A study, published in Scientific Reports, found that even if measures are put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, there would … Read more
WASHINGTON: The Covid-19 pandemic took a deadly toll on adults in the United States for two years while largely sparing children from adding to the dire statistics. But the rapid spread of the Omicron variant led to record pediatric infections and hospitalizations in the country, and anti-vaccination misinformation that tells parents the shots are dangerous is adding … Read more
LAHORE: Lahore police remained clueless about who had killed four members of a family brutally in the Kahna area on January 19. Read more: Lahore police retrieve house of citizen from land grabbers Doctor Naheed Mubarik, her three children, including 22-year old Taumor Sibtain, 17- year old Mah Noor, and eight-year-old Jannat Fatima were found dead … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan is among the top three countries for stunting — low height for age — with 40.2 per cent of children (12 million) under the age of five facing irreversible physical and mental disorder due to malnutrition and unhygienic conditions, while 28.9pc children are underweight for their relevant ages. According to the National Nutrition … Read more
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: At least eight minors suffer abuse across the country every day, says a report on child sexual violence in Pakistan by Sahil, a non-governmental organisation working for children’s rights. The cruel numbers shared by the NGO reveal that indicators including abduction, sexual assault, attempted rape, child neglect, child marriage, murder, beatings were all too … Read more
KARACHI: The board of directors of Cordoba Logistics and Ventures Limited (CLVL) has approved to acquire a 50 per cent stake in Children Clothing Retail (Private) Limited, a bourse filing said on Thursday. With an investment of Rs65 million, CC Retail will become a subsidiary of CLVL on the transfer of 50.0002 per cent stakes … Read more
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced that the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) has allowed the full capacity of spectators at the National Stadium, Karachi, for the Pakistan-West indies T20I and ODI series. The West Indies team is scheduled to arrive in Karachi on December 9. The first of the three T20Is … Read more
National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) has reportedly allowed 100pc crowd capacity during the matches between Pakistan and West Indies at the National Stadium, Karachi. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, this will be the first time that full house will be permitted to spectate the matches. Earlier NCOC had only permitted 25pc of … Read more
GAZA: More than half of the children in the Gaza Strip need psychological support, said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Wednesday. Thomas White, director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, made the remarks during a meeting with local journalists at his office in Gaza, noting … Read more
WASHINGTON: Covid vaccine requirements taking effect next month for people entering the United States by air will not apply to children, a senior US official said Monday. “For children under 18 there is a uniform exemption from that vaccination requirement,” the senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters two weeks ahead of … Read more
Rollicking spooky stories are what children love. The world behind these tales is mesmerizing and fascinating for the children, it allows their imagination to run wild; an idea of a witch who is going to eat them if they misbehave, funnily enough, has become a parenting tactic. But are these stories real or just myths? … Read more
NEW DELHI: At least eight persons, including two women and two children died and six others sustained injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction in India’s southern state of Karnataka, a local cop confirmed on Monday. The road mishap occurred in the state’s Chintamani area … Read more
