#childrenshealth — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #childrenshealth, aggregated by home.social.
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A low-cost motion-analysis lab in Manila has helped 4,000 children with mobility disabilities get better orthopedic care, with a new app helping clinicians track recovery between visits.
Read more: https://www.newswise.com/articles/engineering-professor-builds-motion-analysis-lab-to-help-philippine-children-with-disabilities#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech
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A low-cost motion-analysis lab in Manila has helped 4,000 children with mobility disabilities get better orthopedic care, with a new app helping clinicians track recovery between visits.
Read more: https://www.newswise.com/articles/engineering-professor-builds-motion-analysis-lab-to-help-philippine-children-with-disabilities#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech
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A low-cost motion-analysis lab in Manila has helped 4,000 children with mobility disabilities get better orthopedic care, with a new app helping clinicians track recovery between visits.
Read more: https://www.newswise.com/articles/engineering-professor-builds-motion-analysis-lab-to-help-philippine-children-with-disabilities#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech
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A low-cost motion-analysis lab in Manila has helped 4,000 children with mobility disabilities get better orthopedic care, with a new app helping clinicians track recovery between visits.
Read more: https://www.newswise.com/articles/engineering-professor-builds-motion-analysis-lab-to-help-philippine-children-with-disabilities#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech
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A low-cost motion-analysis lab in Manila has helped 4,000 children with mobility disabilities get better orthopedic care, with a new app helping clinicians track recovery between visits.
Read more: https://www.newswise.com/articles/engineering-professor-builds-motion-analysis-lab-to-help-philippine-children-with-disabilities#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Guardian view on regulating big tech: Meta has got off too lightly | Editorial
By EditorialNew child safety measures are welcome, but the wider risks posed by these platforms remain unaddressed
#Meta #Instagram #Facebook #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #Children #Onlineabuse #USnews #Law #Childrenshealth #TheGuardian #Editorial
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Meta will be happy with its $18bn US settlement – but the costs of child online safety will keep rising for big tech | Chris Stokel-Walker https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/27/meta-social-media-settlement-18bn-us-child-safety-big-tech-lawsuits #Meta #Facebook #InternetSafety #ChildrensHealth #SocialMedia #Society #UsNews #Instagram #ChildrensTech #DigitalMedia #WorldNews #Technology
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Meta will be happy with its $18bn US settlement – but the costs of child online safety will keep rising for big tech | Chris Stokel-Walker
By Chris Stokel-WalkerThis week’s settlement without liability was pragmatic, but it doesn’t change the inevitability of further lawsuits around the world
#Meta #Facebook #Internetsafety #Childrenshealth #Socialmedia #Society #USnews #Instagram #Childrenstech #Digitalmedia #Worldnews #Technology #TheGuardian #ChrisStokelWalker
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Parent whose 16-year-old daughter died by suicide reacts to Meta settlement – video https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2026/aug/26/parent-16-year-old-daughter-died-by-suicide-reacts-meta-settlement #Meta #ChildrensHealth #MentalHealth #Instagram #Facebook #MarkZuckerberg #SocialMedia #Technology #UsNews
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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
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Mpox is back – and in new countries. How this outbreak can be contained
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondentThe public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected
#Globalhealth #Mpox #GuineaBissau #Infectiousdiseases #WorldHealthOrganization #Health #Globaldevelopment #Worldnews #Society #Science #Microbiology #Biology #Africa #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Vaccinesandimmunisation #Childrenshealth #Guinea #SierraLeone #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent
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Ulez has been a breath of fresh air for London | Letters
By Guardian StaffSadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone in London is celebrated by Lorna Henderson, George Coleby and Leonard Neamtu after a study showed its health benefits for children
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/25/ulez-has-been-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-london
#Airpollution #London #Transport #Climatecrisis #Children #UKnews #Environment #Childrenshealth #SadiqKhan #Politics #Health #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Children make up half of mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau as epidemic spreads
By Eromo Egbejule in CotonouWest African country reports 46 suspected cases in outbreak declared in July, amid fears virus may be spreading undetected
#Globaldevelopment #Mpox #GuineaBissau #Africa #Worldnews #Globalhealth #Epidemics #Infectiousdiseases #Childrenshealth #TheGuardian #EromoEgbejuleinCotonou
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Children make up half of mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau as epidemic spreads https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/24/children-half-mpox-disease-cases-guinea-bissau-epidemic-spreads-west-africa #GlobalDevelopment #Mpox #Guineabissau #Africa #WorldNews #GlobalHealth #Epidemics #InfectiousDiseases #ChildrensHealth
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Personal care products are awash in unlabeled toxic chemicals, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/personal-care-products-unlabeled-toxic-chemicals #UsNews #ConsumerAffairs #Pfas #Cancer #ChildrensHealth #Health
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Personal care products are awash in unlabeled toxic chemicals, study finds
By Tom PerkinsEven products labeled ‘eco’, ‘green’ or ‘natural’ can contain dangerous compounds including Pfas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/personal-care-products-unlabeled-toxic-chemicals
#USnews #Consumeraffairs #Pfas #Cancer #Childrenshealth #Health #TheGuardian #TomPerkins
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NSW baby first in world to receive breakthrough epilepsy treatment
By Chantelle Al-KhouriA 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.
#Epilepsy #MedicalResearch #ChildrensHealth #ChantelleAlKhouri
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Quarter of branded baby foods in UK still have too much sugar, analysis finds
By Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondentExclusive: Of 224 branded infant foods and snacks, more than half are in breach of guidelines brought in a year ago
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/21/baby-foods-uk-too-much-sugar
#Childrenshealth #Fooddrinkindustry #Sugar #Children #Society #Business #Supermarkets #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #AnnaBawdenHealth #socialaffairscorrespondent
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
By Damien Gayle Environment correspondentResearchers find capacity stunted by pollution was restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/ulez-better-lung-size-function-london-children
#Lowemissionzones #Airpollution #Pollution #London #Children #Childrenshealth #Environment #Society #UKnews #England #TheGuardian #DamienGayleEnvironmentcorrespondent
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/ulez-better-lung-size-function-london-children #LowEmissionZones #AirPollution #Pollution #London #Children #ChildrensHealth #Environment #Society #UkNews #England
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Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts
By Johana BhuiyanTech Transparency Project’s report shows whenever governments mull platform regulations, company recruits influencers to promote its safety features
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/18/meta-pays-influencers-teen-social-media-ban
#Meta #Children #Childrenshealth #Instagram #Mentalhealth #Health #Facebook #Media #Technology #Society #Socialnetworking #TheGuardian #JohanaBhuiyan
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Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/18/meta-pays-influencers-teen-social-media-ban #Meta #Children #ChildrensHealth #Instagram #MentalHealth #Health #Facebook #Media #Technology #Society #SocialNetworking
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California law would force companies to disclose toxic chemicals in disposable diapers
By Tom PerkinsLegislation requiring disclosure of chemicals in diapers passed assembly and will go before state senate soon
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/california-law-chemicals-diapers
#California #Childrenshealth #Pfas #LawUS #USpolitics #Health #WestCoast #USnews #TheGuardian #TomPerkins
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California law would force companies to disclose toxic chemicals in disposable diapers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/california-law-chemicals-diapers #California #ChildrensHealth #Pfas #LawUs #UsPolitics #Health #WestCoast #UsNews
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What is the MMR vaccine and how does Trump’s executive order affect parents and children?
By Sarah SloatPresident’s order calls for several changes to childhood vaccinations – and experts say it’ll lead to confusion
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/aug/13/mmr-vaccine-trump-executive-order
#Wellactually #MMR #Vaccinesandimmunisation #Trumpadministration #RobertFKennedyJr #DonaldTrump #Childrenshealth #Health #Lifeandstyle #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #SarahSloat
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What is the MMR vaccine and how does Trump’s executive order affect parents and children?
By Sarah SloatPresident’s order calls for several changes to childhood vaccinations – and experts say it’ll lead to confusion
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/aug/13/mmr-vaccine-trump-executive-order
#Wellactually #MMR #Vaccinesandimmunisation #Trumpadministration #RobertFKennedyJr #DonaldTrump #Childrenshealth #Health #Lifeandstyle #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #SarahSloat
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12yo will walk 500km to talk with Prime Minister about paediatric care
By Jen McCutcheonDusty 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.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/dusty-langby-12-years-old-walk-to-meet-pm/107000328
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Wait times, cost barriers to ADHD testing in Tasmania, report finds
By Lucy MacDonaldTasmania's public health system is struggling to cope with demand for ADHD testing, with many turning to private psychiatrists, a parliamentary report has found.
#ADHD #PublicHealth #LearningDisabilities #HealthPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #ChildrensHealth #LucyMacDonald
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Matilda in pieces: what one mother’s suicide reveals about the carers broken by the system https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/aug/11/matilda-davis-mother-suicide-carer-broken-social-care-system-england #Carers #SocialCare #ParentsAndParenting #Disability #Society #ChildrensHealth #MentalHealth #UkNews
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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 reporterA New Zealand couple has fought to uncover why customers were originally told the children’s product, on sale in Australia, was ‘low risk’
#Consumeraffairs #Australianews #Childrenshealth #Society #Productrecalls #Consumerrights #Asbestos #AustralianCompetitionandConsumerCommissionACCC #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter
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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 reporterA New Zealand couple has fought to uncover why customers were originally told the children’s product, on sale in Australia, was ‘low risk’
#Consumeraffairs #Australianews #Childrenshealth #Society #Productrecalls #Consumerrights #Asbestos #AustralianCompetitionandConsumerCommissionACCC #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter
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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 reporterA New Zealand couple has fought to uncover why customers were originally told the children’s product, on sale in Australia, was ‘low risk’
#Consumeraffairs #Australianews #Childrenshealth #Society #Productrecalls #Consumerrights #Asbestos #AustralianCompetitionandConsumerCommissionACCC #TheGuardian #CatieMcLeodConsumeraffairsreporter
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The social media ban sceptic: are we getting it wrong on kids, tech and mental health? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/16/psychologist-candice-odgers-kids-tech-mental-health-social-media-bans #YoungPeople #InternetSafety #Society #ChildrensHealth #MentalHealth #SocialMedia #ChildrensTech #Cyberbullying #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #DigitalMedia #Internet #Health #Bullying #Media #Computing #SocialMediaBans #WorldNews #Psychology
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‘Social media bans are likely to make things worse’: psychologist Candice Odgers on kids, tech and mental health
By Amelia GentlemanShe has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years and fears the debate obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of Covid to the health of their adult caregivers
#Youngpeople #Internetsafety #Society #Childrenshealth #Mentalhealth #Socialmedia #Childrenstech #Cyberbullying #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #Digitalmedia #Internet #Health #Bullying #Media #Computing #Socialmediabans #Worldnews #Psychology #TheGuardian #AmeliaGentleman
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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
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Vaping Ban Proposed for Cars Carrying Children Amid Wider Public Health Measures
https://newsletter.tf/vaping-ban-cars-children-england/
A new proposal suggests banning vaping in cars with children and near schools and playgrounds to protect public health.
#VapingBan, #PublicHealth, #ChildrensHealth, #SmokeFree, #UKNews
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New Plan: No Vaping in Cars with Children
The government is thinking about a new rule to stop vaping in cars if children under 18 are inside. They also want to ban smoking and vaping near playgrounds and schools. This is to help keep people healthy. The public can give their ideas on this plan.
https://newsletter.tf/vaping-ban-cars-children-england/
#VapingBan, #PublicHealth, #ChildrensHealth, #SmokeFree, #UKNews