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Capturing the action, not participating in it, drives this Einstein High School student
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (232+ words) January 1, 2026, 3:51 AM Lots of teenagers document their days using the cameras in their phones. Rebekah Kuschmider said her son Charlie, a senior at Einstein High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been active in sports, but found he enjoyed documenting…...
Pakistan’s polio cases fell by half in 2025 despite attacks on vaccination teams
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (237+ words) December 31, 2025, 3:01 AM The announcement came two weeks after Pakistan launched its final nationwide polio vaccination campaign of the year, targeting 45 million children. Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only two countries in which polio has not been eradicated, according to…...
Virtual reality opens doors for older people to build closer connections in real life
1+ week, 9+ min ago (992+ words) WEATHER ALERT: A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for parts of the DC region Friday, noon to midnight. December 25, 2025, 12:08 PM But they can still be thrust back to their days of wanderlust and thrill-seeking whenever caretakers at the community…...
UK to rejoin EU’s student exchange program in a step toward closer ties after Brexit
2+ week, 1+ day ago (310+ words) December 17, 2025, 6:35 AM British university and college students and apprentices will be able to study or train in EU countries under the program without paying extra foreign-student fees from January 2027. In turn, students from EU countries will be able to study…...
A nightly tradition brings light and hope to children at Michigan hospital
2+ week, 1+ day ago (582+ words) December 17, 2025, 6:05 AM Exactly 10 minutes later, the enthusiastic crowd, still holding their flashlights aloft, in unison hollered "sweet dreams" toward children in the hospital several stories above them. The nightly Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams tradition is again lighting up the night…...
Reddit challenges Australia’s world-first law banning children under 16 from social media
2+ week, 6+ day ago (571+ words) December 12, 2025, 12:09 AM California-based Reddit Inc.s suit filed in the High Court follows a case filed last month by Sydney-based rights group Digital Freedom Project. Both suits claim the law is unconstitutional because it infringes on Australias implied freedom of…...
Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia
3+ week, 1+ day ago (816+ words) December 10, 2025, 3:05 AM Many children posted farewell messages, while parents reported distraught children discovering they'd been shut out of platforms as the landmark law took effect. Some young children reported fooling the platforms' age estimation technology by drawing on facial hair....
Trump’s crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers
3+ week, 1+ day ago (719+ words) December 10, 2025, 12:13 AM 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…...
What are parents to do as doctors clash with Trump administration over vaccines?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (911+ words) December 9, 2025, 5:32 PM It's normal for parents, or anyone, to have questions about vaccinations " but what happens if your pediatrician urges a shot that's under attack by the Trump administration? That's getting more likely: The nation's leading doctors groups are in…...
FDA opens safety review of injectable RSV drugs approved for babies and toddlers
3+ week, 1+ day ago (472+ words) December 9, 2025, 5:17 PM The long-acting drugs from Merck and Sanofi are not vaccines, but the government review comes as health officials and advisers under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. roll back recommendations on routine childhood vaccinations. A spokesman for Kennedy described…...