Six people are hospitalized and two are in critical condition after a shooting on the south side of Peoria, Illinois, according to the Peoria Police Department.
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2 men, 4 children hospitalized after Illinois shooting
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3 children dead, 2 injured in stabbing at a Texas home
March 4, 2023By
Five children were stabbed in an attack at a Texas home and three died, police said.
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“Time is not what it used to be”: Children and adults experience time differently
February 4, 2023By
Researchers at Eotvos Lorand University have investigated whether the perception of time changes with age, and if so, how, and why we perceive the passage of time differently. Their study was published in Scientific Reports.
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Receives $2.8 Million Award to Use AI to Predict Precision Dosing for Critically Ill Children
December 20, 2022By
Artificial intelligence could help doctors dynamically determine safe and effective medication dosing for unstable ICU patients. Predicting the right dose of medication that a critically ill child in the ICU will require in the future is a huge challenge for clinicians. FDA prescribing guidelines generally assume that patients are stable enough so that dosing for a given group is usually unchanged during treatment, but this ‘one size fits all’ approach to medication dosing does not accurately target the condition of each individual patient over time.
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Police: 2 young children stabbed to death in Bronx apartment
November 27, 2022By
Police say two small children died of stab wounds after their mother was taken into custody for observation in New York City
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Incarceration of Parent is Associated with Worse Access to Health Care for Millions of U.S. Children, New Study Shows
November 15, 2022By
According to a new study, children exposed to parental incarceration had worse access to primary care and more unmet dental and mental health care needs than their peers, even after accounting for income, insurance status, rurality, and other important factors. With the United States having the highest incarceration rate in the world, these barriers currently place more than 5 million children who have experience the incarceration of a parent at risk of worse mental and physical health outcomes because of poor access to early health interventions.
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RSV in children: Symptoms, treatment and what parents should know
October 25, 2022By
In September, an 8-month-old baby came into Dr. Juanita Mora’s office in Chicago with an infection the doctor hadn’t expected to see for another two months: RSV.
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Boston Children’s Hospital says it’s gotten violent threats over care for transgender children
August 19, 2022By
Boston Children’s Hospital, which calls itself “home to the first pediatric and adolescent transgender health program in the United States,” says it has faced a “large volume” of threats of violence for offering that kind of care.
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About 300,000 children under 5 have received at least one Covid-19 shot, White House says
July 8, 2022By
Approximately 300,000 children under the age of 5 in the US — about 2% of that age group — have received at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine since it was recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, a senior White House official told CNN Thursday, a number the official says aligns with expectations, though is lower than other age groups.
CDC recommends Covid-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months, clearing the way for vaccinations to begin soon
June 20, 2022By
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on Covid-19 vaccinations for children under 5 on Saturday, clearing the way for vaccinations to be administered soon.
