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  1. NSW baby first in world to receive breakthrough epilepsy treatment
    By Chantelle Al-Khouri

    A baby from the NSW Central Coast has made medical history, becoming the first person in the world to receive a precision medicine treatment for a rare and devastating form of epilepsy.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/bab

    #Epilepsy #MedicalResearch #ChildrensHealth #ChantelleAlKhouri

  2. Quarter of branded baby foods in UK still have too much sugar, analysis finds
    By Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

    Exclusive: Of 224 branded infant foods and snacks, more than half are in breach of guidelines brought in a year ago

    theguardian.com/society/2026/a

    #Childrenshealth #Fooddrinkindustry #Sugar #Children #Society #Business #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #AnnaBawdenHealth #socialaffairscorrespondent

  3. Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts
    By Johana Bhuiyan

    Tech Transparency Project’s report shows whenever governments mull platform regulations, company recruits influencers to promote its safety features

    theguardian.com/technology/202

    #Meta #Children #Childrenshealth #Instagram #Mentalhealth #Health #Facebook #Media #Technology #Society #Socialnetworking #TheGuardian #JohanaBhuiyan

  4. California law would force companies to disclose toxic chemicals in disposable diapers
    By Tom Perkins

    Legislation requiring disclosure of chemicals in diapers passed assembly and will go before state senate soon

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #California #Childrenshealth #Pfas #LawUS #USpolitics #Health #WestCoast #USnews #TheGuardian #TomPerkins

  5. 12yo will walk 500km to talk with Prime Minister about paediatric care
    By Jen McCutcheon

    Dusty Langby will walk from Warren in western NSW to the Prime Minister's office in Canberra to talk about the need for better paediatric care in the bush.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/dus

    #ChildrensHealth #RegionalCommunities #JenMcCutcheon

  6. Wait times, cost barriers to ADHD testing in Tasmania, report finds
    By Lucy MacDonald

    Tasmania's public health system is struggling to cope with demand for ADHD testing, with many turning to private psychiatrists, a parliamentary report has found.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/del

    #ADHD #PublicHealth #LearningDisabilities #HealthPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #ChildrensHealth #LucyMacDonald

  7. Matilda in pieces: what one mother’s suicide reveals about the carers broken by the system
    By Josh Halliday

    Parent-carers of disabled children are exposed to chronic levels of extreme stress and often reach crisis point before help is available – then they face a ‘fight for basic support’, experts say. This is Matilda Davis’s story

    theguardian.com/society/ng-int

    #Carers #Socialcare #Parentsandparenting #Disability #Society #Childrenshealth #Mentalhealth #UKnews #TheGuardian #JoshHalliday

  8. Fiona’s 14-year-old son Max was bright and gave enormous bear hugs. She lost him in an instant when his heart suddenly stopped
    By Jonathan Barrett

    The Sydney mother wants Canberra politicians to hear people who have lost children to sudden cardiac death, saying ‘we need answers’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Health #Childrenshealth #Heartattack #Australianews #TheGuardian #JonathanBarrett

  9. Iron deficiency from too much cow's milk a 'hidden health crisis' for toddlers
    By Janelle Miles

    Paediatricians across Australia are concerned about a jump in iron deficiency in young children due to excess cow's milk, and the need to better educate parents about the issue.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/cow

    #ChildrensHealth #JanelleMiles

  10. Elle’s twins played with asbestos-contaminated coloured sand for a year. Why wasn’t she warned of its danger?
    By Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

    A New Zealand couple has fought to uncover why customers were originally told the children’s product, on sale in Australia, was ‘low risk’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Consumeraffairs #Australianews #Childrenshealth #Society #Productrecalls #Consumerrights #Asbestos #AustralianCompetitionandConsumerCommissionACCC #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter

  11. Boy's sore throat leads to leukaemia diagnosis
    By Madeline Grace

    A 10-year-old boy presented to a Queensland hospital for a persistent "sore throat" as a precautionary measure, but was undergoing chemotherapy 24 hours later.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/coo

    #Leukaemia #ChildrensHealth #MadelineGrace