…higher levels of fluoride in water or in children’s urine are associated with lower IQ scores in children. We’re highlighting this meta-analysis for two reasons. First, it lands amid heightened…
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…Dean also compared the prevalence of fluorosis with the prevalence of dental cavities among children in 26 states and noticed that children with fluorosis had fewer cavities. Indeed, children who…
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…14 and 17, according “Unintentional Drowning Deaths Among Children Aged 0–17 Years: United States, 1999–2019,” released in July by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Some groups, including males, children…
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…and mental health of adults and children. “There’s a lack of future for children and families,” she said. “There’s no employment, and if you graduate with a degree, there’s no…
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…physically punished at school has fallen in recent years, the issue warrants journalists’ attention considering the serious injuries students sometimes suffer and the fact that Black children and children with…
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…in 100,000 children may develop febrile seizure — a convulsion caused by fever, mostly in young children, and usually harmless — after some vaccinations. For every 1 million flu vaccinations,…
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…of Health and Human Services] behaves as if the migrant children who melt unseen into the country are doing just fine.” The series also reveals: More than 250,000 migrant children…
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…but did not finish at least one vaccine series. Children were most likely to miss doses of the MMR and VAR vaccines. Children from lower-income households and children who lived…
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…Health, during the SciLine briefing. In 2023, Medicaid covered 39% of children up to 18 years; 80% of children in poverty; 16.5% of adults between 19 and 64 years; and…
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…stronger evidence that child access prevention laws are associated with lower rates of self-harm among children, as well as lower rates of homicides committed by children. Child access prevention laws…
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