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Children's Health

August 2021

The Al-Taqwa College in Victoria and other schools have become central in the outbreak.

Hundreds of COVID-19 kids set to derail PM’s plan

Leading epidemiologists are urging the vaccine rollout to be extended to children and teenagers, as the delta variant spreads among this group.

  • Patrick Durkin
Pfizer is doing clinical trials on teenagers.

COVID-19 vaccines for children the next minefield

Vaccination of young people against COVID-19 is expected to start later this year, but it will be a hard sell for some parents.

  • Mark Ludlow
Paediatrician Dr Margie Danchin says she is surprised by claims there is low delta transmission among children.

The need for child and booster vaccinations could delay reopening

The need to vaccinate children and for booster shots is expected to delay reopening targets, with predictions it will be at least March before the country can begin to be safely reopened.

  • Tom Burton

May 2020

A boy and his mother leave a COVID-19 testing unit in Adygea, Russia.

What we know about the COVID-related syndrome affecting children

Children in Europe, Britain and now the United States are being hospitalised for this mysterious illness, which can harm kids' hearts and other organs, often requiring intensive care.

  • Melinda Wenner Moyer

February 2020

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How to break free from parenting advice

Books, websites and social media are awash with tips - often contradictory - on everything child-related. It's leaving parents anxious and full of doubt.

  • Alfred Lubrano

January 2020

In Australia tech experts are limiting their own children's access to smart phones. In the US an industry has emerged to help parents turn back the technological clock on childhood.

Don't panic about your kids and their phones

New research is challenging the widespread view that screens are responsible for a range of societal problems among children and teenagers.

  • Nathaniel Popper
FR Whole KIds Snacks Monica and James Meldrum Thursday 16 Jan 2020

Whole Kids targets south-east Asia as it balances profits with purpose

Australian organic snack company hopes to reach $50 million in sales in five years as it makes a big push overseas while remaining true to its B Corp status. 

  • Carrie LaFrenz
File photo: The newborn boy was found dead in a caravan park toilet in 1995.

Outdated, dangerous childbirth practices persist in Europe

Once-accepted techniques now considered to be unnecessary or even risky are still commonplace in labour wards.

  • Maria Cheng
Chris Jung, of Gene Discovery, with his wife Louise Poon and daughter Kaysley Jung in Hong Kong.

Chinese parents test babies’ DNA to discover their talents

Mums and dads eager to shape their offspring into prodigies are fuelling the advance of a growing but largely unregulated industry.

  • Daniela Wei, K Oanh Ha and Kristen V Brown

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