New remedy

Researchers have come up with a new medication for diarrhoea

Cancer in the air

Even low levels of benzene can cause lymphomas cancer in children

Role reversal

Anti-HIV drugs can mutate the genes of an embryo

Pen-happy Pierre speaks a chat with French scientist Jean Pirre Petit

Guns are too large

COVID-19: Teachers report reduced capacity to help vulnerable students, finds UNESCO survey

Students with low socioeconomic status more likely to worry about future education, falling behind 

Children born in 2020 will experience 6.8 times more heatwaves than those born in 1960: Report

Limiting warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will reduce the additional lifetime exposure of new-borns to heatwaves by 45%, droughts …

Bleak future ahead: COVID-19 pushes Karnataka’s first generation Adivasi learners off schools

If children permanently drop out of school, it would be not just a loss of education, but also for the community, say experts

World Health Day: If you are born today in India, your health prospects look grim

Lack of nutrition, stunting, wasting, pollution and climate change will shorten life expectancies of future generations of Indian children  

Measles cases double in 1st 2 months of 2022: What does this warn us of

Conditions ripe for serious outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses: WHO, UNICEF 

AES in Bihar: Muzaffarpur officials focus on preventing outbreak rather than providing treatment later

The administration in Muzaffarpur and it neighbouring districts are rushing with last-minute efforts to prevent AES, as summer starts to peak

Killer hospitals: A child dies every minute in Indian hospitals

On an average, there are 1,452 neonatal deaths in one day and 60 per hour in India

Edge of crisis: When kids suffer from COVID-19

With children reporting severe post-COVID-19 symptoms, India must prioritise its paediatric infrastructure

Protecting children during pandemic requires much more than ‘PM CARES for Children’ package 

The scheme is an emergency measure and cannot substitute the established sevices for children

Is Chandrababu’s call for more children an indirect push for Amaravati megacity

Andhra chief minister's new-found concern about declining population may have something to do with his plans for a grand new capital city

Air pollution kills 7 million people annually: WHO

Up to one-third of deaths from heart attack, stroke, lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases are caused by air pollution, says World Health …

India may not achieve SDG targets on child mortality: study

Of the 613 districts considered, nearly half the districts are unlikely to achieve the target of reducing deaths in newborns and under 5-year-…

Jharkhand’s children deprived of mid-day meal despite Supreme Court order, say activists

Jharkhand is the one of the worst-affected states in the country with its 22 out of 24 districts facing drought

The greening of young minds

Environment education cannot be confined to plants and animals or even conservation; its aim must be to open to children the interconnectedness …

Amnesty portrays India's warts in detail

HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA -- THE UPDATED AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT Amnesty International . Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi . Price: Rs 135

Science through fun and games

To put together an exhibition on the environment for children was an excellent idea. Now, the ministry of environment and forests should consider …

Children don’t even have energy to cry: Gaza Strip stares at famine as Israel blocks food access

Malnutrition in northern Gaza rose from 0.8% of children under 5 years before the conflict began to over 16% at present

India has world’s highest number of children with severe acute malnutrition: UNICEF

One out of every five deaths in children under five globally is due to severe wasting

Evaluating impacts

Asthma and ozone

Children face a greater risk