#childrenshealth — Public Fediverse posts

How to keep your kids safe at petting zoos

Here’s what we know about the infection risk at petting zoos, and what parents can do to help keep their children safe.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/are-petting-zoos-safe-infection/107117500

#InfectiousDiseases #Animals #ParentingChildren #ChildrensHealth #Zoos

Bury offers blueprint for healthier school meals as national food standards face overhaul | Food for Life
https://www.foodforlife.org.uk/latest-news/bury-offers-blueprint-for-healthier-school-meals-as-national-food-standards-face-overhaul/

This is amazing- swopping school lunch menus to 25% locally sourced organic produce actually SAVED bury council £50,000!!! Cutting out a load of middle men helps the kids & the planet! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

#food
#healthyeating
#healthyeatingpolicy
#schooldinners
#school
#schoolmeals
#healthyschoolmeals
#organic
#soilassociation
#environment_behavior_change
#bury
#locallysourcedfood
#LocalFarms
#environment
#climatechange
#Childrenshealth

Bury offers blueprint for healthier school meals as national food standards face overhaul | Food for Life
https://www.foodforlife.org.uk/latest-news/bury-offers-blueprint-for-healthier-school-meals-as-national-food-standards-face-overhaul/

This is amazing- swopping school lunch menus to 25% locally sourced organic produce actually SAVED bury council £50,000!!! Cutting out a load of middle men helps the kids & the planet! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

#food
#healthyeating
#healthyeatingpolicy
#schooldinners
#school
#schoolmeals
#healthyschoolmeals
#organic
#soilassociation
#environment_behavior_change
#bury
#locallysourcedfood
#LocalFarms
#environment
#climatechange
#Childrenshealth

Bury offers blueprint for healthier school meals as national food standards face overhaul | Food for Life
https://www.foodforlife.org.uk/latest-news/bury-offers-blueprint-for-healthier-school-meals-as-national-food-standards-face-overhaul/

This is amazing- swopping school lunch menus to 25% locally sourced organic produce actually SAVED bury council £50,000!!! Cutting out a load of middle men helps the kids & the planet! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

#food
#healthyeating
#healthyeatingpolicy
#schooldinners
#school
#schoolmeals
#healthyschoolmeals
#organic
#soilassociation
#environment_behavior_change
#bury
#locallysourcedfood
#LocalFarms
#environment
#climatechange
#Childrenshealth

Mpox is back – and in new countries. How this outbreak can be contained https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/26/global-health-mpox-outbreak-explainer-children #GlobalHealth #Mpox #Guineabissau #InfectiousDiseases #WorldHealthOrganization #Health #GlobalDevelopment #WorldNews #Society #Science #Microbiology #Biology #Africa #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #VaccinesAndImmunisation #ChildrensHealth #Guinea #SierraLeone

Mpox is back – and in new countries. How this outbreak can be contained
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/26/global-health-mpox-outbreak-explainer-children

#Globalhealth #Mpox #GuineaBissau #Infectiousdiseases #WorldHealthOrganization #Health #Globaldevelopment #Worldnews #Society #Science #Microbiology #Biology #Africa #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Vaccinesandimmunisation #Childrenshealth #Guinea #SierraLeone #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent

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’

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/11/sudden-cardiac-death-children-australia-fiona-connolly-son-max

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

Midwives on frontline of childbirth deaths crisis denied visas for key summit https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/19/midwives-africa-asia-mother-baby-childbirth-deaths-crisis-denied-visas-summit-portugal #GlobalHealth #GlobalDevelopment #MaternalHealth #MaternalMortality #Midwifery #ChildrensHealth #Portugal #Europe #Health #Society #WorldNews

Gut Health plays a vital role in children's mental, physical and emotional development. It is known that antibiotics play a distinctive role in upsetting the gut flora. Discover how to restore & protect your child's gut health👉https://buff.ly/3aQM2tc
#childrenshealth #gutbrainconnection #mentalhealth #cognitivefunction #emotionaldevelopment