News
You Tuber who posted about aborting pregnancy because of Down syndrome previously made tasteless skit mocking condition
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (297+ words) You Tuber Jesse Ridgway posted an offensive skit mocking Down syndrome years before he and his wife aborted her pregnancy to avoid having a baby with the condition. The internet personality made a 45-minute video in 2017 in which he played…...
Baby cured of rare epilepsy syndrome after doctors inject missing gene directly into his brain
1+ day, 53+ min ago (416+ words) An eight-month-old infant with rare but severe epilepsy was cured after receiving an experimental gene replacement in a historic medical moment. The child was one of the first in the world to be treated with gene replacement therapy to restore…...
The best places in America for kids to grow up " and the biggest gains are coming in red states
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (639+ words) Four red states are leading the pack when it comes to improving the lives of children since the COVID pandemic, according to a new report. South Carolina saw the biggest overall improvement in child well-being between 2019 and 2024, according to the…...
You Tuber who broadcast decision to abort pregnancy over Down syndrome diagnosis reveals shocking lack of humanity
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (713+ words) Rachel Campos Duffy " whose perpetually smiley 6-year-old, Valentina, has Down syndrome" told me recently that people with the congenital condition aren't nearly as visible as they once were. A grim number explains their relative disappearance. "You know, up to 90% of…...
Your "dad bod" could raise your kids" risk for obesity and disease " before they"re even conceived
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (537+ words) While a shocking number of women prefer to bed down with a dad bod, experts say the physique could be bad news for future fathers. New research published in'Current Obesity Reports explores how a man's overall health before and during…...
Benches-clearing brawl breaks out during Southern California HS baseball playoff game " it cost both teams dearly
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (221+ words) A benches-clearing basebrawl broke out during a high school playoff game in Southern California on Thursday that caused both teams to be eliminated. With Verdugo Hills leading Roosevelt 5-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning in the CIF Division 5 regional…...
What I learned from my San Francisco restaurants " and why I have hope
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (565+ words) Running a restaurant is one of the hardest things I've ever done " and I say that as someone who loved it, every day. The margins are razor thin, the operations are relentless, and the lifestyle demands everything you have. I…...
More than half of young adults moved back home after leaving
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1029+ words) Almost 60% of young adults have'moved back home'at some point, but they don't see it as a failure to launch. They see it as financially savvy. That the path to full independent living is increasingly an ongoing process, strewn with periods…...
Scientists are finally moving away from the UN-backed climate doomerism that scared a generation off having babies
1+ week, 2+ day ago (615+ words) Almost every day now, there is another headline warning about the collapsing birth rate across the developed world, and along with it, another think piece attempting to diagnose why younger generations seem increasingly reluctant to build families. This week, new…...
Here's the secret sauce that turns kids into well-adjusted adults
1+ week, 4+ day ago (818+ words) Every year in my third-grade classroom, I see the same small emergencies. A child loses a math game and dissolves into tears. Another hovers at the edge of a group, desperate to join but unsure how. A minor argument on…...