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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

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#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech

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

#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech

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

#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech

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

#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech

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

#GoodNews #Accessibility #Rehabilitation #ChildrensHealth #HealthTech

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

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

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

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

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

The Guardian view on regulating big tech: Meta has got off too lightly | Editorial
By Editorial

New child safety measures are welcome, but the wider risks posed by these platforms remain unaddressed

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/31/the-guardian-view-on-regulating-big-tech-meta-has-got-off-too-lightly

#Meta #Instagram #Facebook #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #Children #Onlineabuse #USnews #Law #Childrenshealth #TheGuardian #Editorial

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

Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
By Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

Researchers 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

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

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

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

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 #TheGuardian #JoshHalliday

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’

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/09/asbestos-contaminated-coloured-sand-danger-new-zealand-elle-twins

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

Yet another wake-up call on declining child health | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to a warning from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health on a ‘national embarrassment’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/21/yet-another-wake-up-call-on-declining-child-health

#Childrenshealth #Children #Healthpolicy #Publicservicespolicy #Inequality #Poverty #Health #Socialexclusion #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

MPs call for ban on fast food outlets opening near schools to tackle obesity
By Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Commons health committee also recommends end to junk food advertising on billboards and public transport

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/15/mp-ban-fast-food-outlets-schools-tackle-obesity

#Obesity #Health #UKnews #Fastfood #Childrenshealth #Food #Society #TheGuardian #DenisCampbellHealthpolicyeditor

UK children will be one of unhealthiest generations in decades, doctors say
By Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

Analysis of 12 indicators including asthma, obesity and vaccination finds child health is ‘national embarrassment’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/14/children-uk-unhealthiest-generation-decades-doctors-say

#Childrenshealth #Health #Children #UKnews #Vaccinesandimmunisation #Society #Asthma #Healthpolicy #Inequality #Politics #Publicservicespolicy #TheGuardian #TobiThomasHealth #inequalitiescorrespondent

UK children will be one of unhealthiest generations in decades, doctors say https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/14/children-uk-unhealthiest-generation-decades-doctors-say #ChildrensHealth #Health #Children #UkNews #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Society #Asthma #HealthPolicy #Inequality #Politics #PublicServicesPolicy

‘Tech firms are losing the public’: social media age bans near tipping point https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/28/tech-firms-are-losing-the-public-social-media-age-bans-near-tipping-point #SocialMediaBans #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan #SocialMediaBan #AustraliaNews #DigitalMedia #UkNews #WorldNews #Media #InternetSafety #Meta #Technology #OnlineAbuse #ChildrensHealth #Society