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Aluminum salts in vaccines are a likely target for health officials
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (826+ words) With further changes to the U.S." recommended vaccine schedule likely in the year ahead under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."s leadership, his agency"s recent scrutiny of one vaccine additive in particular " aluminum salts " may offer a clue about what…...
Brothers with rare genetic disease receive gene therapy
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (152+ words) An Illinois family pushed for both boys to receive the potentially life changing medical treatment after one was approved and the other initially denied by their insurer. Now both boys have received the gene therapy and the family is together…...
HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics
1+ week, 1+ day ago (401+ words) BREAKING: HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, escalating its confrontation with the group, which…...
Reddit challenges Australia’s world-first law banning children under 16 from social media
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (516+ words) MELBOURNE, Australia " Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia's world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world's most popular social media platforms. California-based Reddit Inc.'s suit filed in…...
CDC study says Covid shots continue to protect healthy kids from severe illness
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (534+ words) BREAKING: Justice Department fails in its third attempt to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Thursday finds that Covid vaccines continue to protect healthy children from severe illness " a conclusion…...
Trump immigration deportation push has outsized impact on child care industry
2+ week, 2+ day ago (704+ words) And in October, the school scrapped its beloved Hispanic Heritage Month parade, when immigrant parents typically dressed their children in costumes and soccer jerseys from their home countries. ICE had begun stopping staff members, all of whom have legal status,…...
3-year-old boy from India becomes world's youngest rated chess player
2+ week, 3+ day ago (403+ words) Morning Rundown: Supreme Court weighs FTC firing, Marjorie Taylor Greene bashes Trump, and Notre Dame's playoff snub At the age of 3 years, 7 months and 20 days, a kindergartener from India has become the youngest chess player to earn an official rating…...
A cutting-edge surgery could fix a 12-year-old's scoliosis. Her insurance says it's too new to cover.
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (928+ words) BREAKING: Netflix to buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max Surgeons who perform a type of spinal surgery for scoliosis, which the FDA approved in 2019, say insurance companies aren't aligning their policies with the latest medical research. Anne Marie Hukriede has…...
CDC advisory panel delays vote on hepatitis B vaccines after unruly meeting
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (910+ words) In a chaotic meeting on Thursday rife with misinformation, the CDC's vaccine advisory panel " whose members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired in June and replaced with a group that has largely expressed skepticism of vaccines " once again delayed an…...
YouTube says it will comply with Australia's teen social media ban
3+ week, 1+ day ago (518+ words) SYDNEY " Google's YouTube shared a "disappointing update" to millions of Australian users and content creators on Wednesday, saying it will comply with a world-first teen social media ban by locking out users aged under 16 from their accounts within days. The…...