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'Fear of epileptic seizures didn't stop me having children'
For Debbie, who has epilepsy, the risk of seizures made pregnancy and new motherhood an anxious time.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says
A UN agency verified victims from a six-month period and said it found international law violations.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Israeli strikes kill at least 20 children in Gaza and Lebanon: Health officials
Israeli airstrikes Sunday killed dozens of people, including at least 20 children, in northern Gaza and Lebanon, health authorities said. The Israeli airstrike in Lebanon killed at least 23, ...Politics - The Hill - November 10 -
Jamie Oliver pulls children's book after complaints from Indigenous Australians
The 400-page fantasy novel is accused of stereotyping Indigenous Australians.Top stories - BBC News - November 11 -
Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional
Four-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last monthWorld - ABC News - November 11 -
Traumatized by war, Lebanon's children struggle with physical, emotional wounds
Four-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last monthHealth - ABC News - November 11 -
Nearly 70% of deaths in Gaza were women and children, UN says
Israel is rejecting a new United Nations report on the early months of the war in Gaza that says 70% of those killed were women and children. Meanwhile, Israel is warning its citizens to avoid ...Top stories - NBC News - November 11 -
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...Health - ABC News - November 12 -
Jamie Oliver Pulls Children’s Book Amid Criticism of Insensitivity
The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia.World - The New York Times - November 11 -
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...World - ABC News - November 11 -
Ella Jenkins, celebrated songwriter and 'First Lady of Children's Music,' dies at 100
Ella Jenkins, the prolific, multigenerational musical pioneer who became known as the 'First Lady of Children's Music,' died Saturday.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 11 -
Meta Horizon Worlds Has Been Taken Over by Children
Lowered age restrictions and cheaper VR headsets have led to young kids hijacking the metaverse. Maybe we should let them keep it.Tech - Wired - November 12 -
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The Lost Children review – extraordinary story of missing kids in the Colombian rainforest
Account of the search for the young siblings after their plane crashed and how the eldest, Lesly – just 13 years old and injured – kept them alive for 40 days. In the fairytale, Hansel and Gretel ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
7 people are killed in Pakistan when a militant's car bomb accidentally explodes
Police in Pakistan say that a car bomb accidentally went off at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in the northwest of the country, killing at least two children and five suspected militantsWorld - ABC News - November 14 -
Why Kennedy Sees an ‘Epidemic’ of Chronic Disease Among Children
Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But vaccines and fluoride are not the cause.Health - The New York Times - November 15 -
Why the CofE and other big institutions still fail to protect children from abuse
More are willing to speak up about abuse but some organisations remain slow to reactTop stories - BBC News - November 16 -
'This wasn't our crime': Parental imprisonment and the children left behind
Woman's Hour on Radio 4 has spoken to those affected by a parent being sent to prison.Top stories - BBC News - November 17 -
X-rays show shrapnel and bullets buried in children caught in Sudan war
Images released by MSF doctors highlight impact of conflict in the country, with medical supplies and aid unable to reach people due to fighting. A series of X-rays showing a piece of shrapnel ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Poland urges polio vaccinations for children after virus detected in sewage in Warsaw
Poland’s health authorities are urging polio vaccinations for children after the virus was detected in Warsaw’s sewage during regular tests this monthWorld - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Poland urges polio vaccinations for children after the virus is detected in sewage in Warsaw
Poland’s health authorities are urging polio vaccinations for children after the virus was detected in Warsaw’s sewage during regular tests this monthHealth - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Gisèle Pelicot rape trial: children tell of ‘devastation’ caused by their father
Couple’s two sons and daughter beg Dominique Pelicot to reveal if other family members were abused. Gisèle Pelicot’s children have described their “devastation” to learn that their father had ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago
