HHealth Read More Next-generation sequencing expands possibilities for newborn screeningFebruary 5, 2026 Every year, millions of newborns undergo routine screening as a preventive strategy to detect inherited disorders before symptoms…
HHealth Read More Specialized palliative care shows potential to enhance well-being in pediatric cancer patientsFebruary 5, 2026 How to reduce suffering in children with advanced cancer remains an ongoing but urgent question. A Mass General…
BBusiness Read More The parenting deficit: The numbers that show why school holidays are asking the impossibleFebruary 3, 2026 Then there were teacher-only days, sick days and school events; no matter how I balanced it, I felt…
EEntertainment Read More Michael Jackson says children loved to ‘touch and hug’ him in new seriesFebruary 3, 2026 Another audio clip sees the Thriller singer claim that “children … wanna just touch and hug me”. The…
HHealth Read More Updated newborn screening guidelines aim to improve cystic fibrosis detectionFebruary 2, 2026 An updated report on cystic fibrosis (CF) from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, in…
NNew Zealand Read More Police break up group of 40 Auckland dirt bike riders, accusing them of risking the lives of children and motoristsFebruary 1, 2026 “We’re asking for assistance from the public so we can locate these riders as soon as possible before…
MMedication Read More Speak To Grandparents About Keeping Medication Locked AwayFebruary 1, 2026 When you’ve got young kids in the house, it can feel like danger lurks everywhere – even when…
MMental health Read More Mental health charity forced to raise £10k for urgent private help for kidsJanuary 31, 2026 A charity on the frontline of Scotland’s youth mental health crisis has spoken out after raising £10,000 to…
NNew Zealand Read More ‘Medicine for the soul’: Hawke’s Bay Harbourmaster on dream maritime jobJanuary 31, 2026 “I spent 15 years on commercial ships, which involved a lot of travelling. “After getting married and having…
SSports Read More Whangamatā children hike 3km over hills to go around slips to reach Rotorua touch tournamentJanuary 30, 2026 But without them, the under-14 boys’ representative team, at least, would have had to pull out. Whangamatā children…
AArtificial intelligence Read More An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail AccountJanuary 29, 2026 Even now that the data is secured, Margolis and Thacker argue that it raises questions about how many…
HHealth Read More Air pollution, not diet, shows the strongest link to poorer concentration in schoolgirlsJanuary 29, 2026 A study of schoolgirls finds that living in polluted areas is more consistently linked to reduced attention than…