Children
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How to protect your child from Black fungus? Know from experts
News | Jun 01, 2021, 03:25 PM ISTMucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus, which was till now affecting only adults, has been detected among children as two cases were reported in rural Karnataka. know from experts about How to protect your child from Black fungus?
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Yogi govt to take care of upbringing, education of children orphaned due to Covid
India | May 29, 2021, 11:23 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday launched a welfare scheme for children who have lost either one or both parents to COVID-19.
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Free education, monthly stipend for children who lost parents to Covid under PM CARES fund. Details
India | May 29, 2021, 06:48 PM ISTAll children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian/adoptive parents due to Covid 19 will be supported under 'PM-CARES for Children' scheme, the Prime Minister announced on Saturday.
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No indication that children will be severely affected in third wave of COVID: Govt
India | May 24, 2021, 05:25 PM ISTThe government on Monday said that there was no indication that children will be severely affected in third wave of COVID-19. The statement comes even as experts believe that there would be a very high risk for children during the upcoming wave.
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Covaxin trials on children likely from next month
India | May 23, 2021, 08:14 PM ISTBharat Biotech may commence paediatric trials of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin from June, a senior company official said. The vaccine maker has already received permission to carry out trials on children aged 2-18 years.
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Lockdowns may affect children's fitness: Study
Health | May 20, 2021, 12:44 PM ISTThe study, led by a team of researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in the UK and University of Zaragoza in Spain, showed that boys and girls aged 12-14 showed lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness than would be expected with normal VO2 max rate development.
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COVID-19 third wave likely to affect children in India?
News | May 06, 2021, 06:00 PM ISTA top government advisor has said that India is in danger of third Covid wave. Will the next wave of infection affect the children more? Here's what experts say
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Children less infectious with SARS-CoV-2: Study
World | Apr 10, 2021, 10:11 PM ISTA team of researchers has found that children may not be as infectious in spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, to other people as previously thought.
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International Women's Day: Story of this Moradabad girl can inspire others
News | Mar 08, 2021, 06:57 PM ISTOn International Women's Day, people can get inspired by the real life story of girl from Moradabad, who lost both hands 11 years back but rather cursing herself, she became self reliant.
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Children have lost over a third of standard global 190-day school year due to COVID-19: Report
India | Mar 02, 2021, 07:26 PM ISTChildren across the world have lost an average of 74 days of education or more than a third of the standard global 190-day school year each due to COVID-19-related school closures and lack of access to remote learning, a report by Save the Children revealed on Tuesday.
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12 children in Maharashtra's Yavatmal administered sanitiser drops instead of polio vaccine
News | Feb 03, 2021, 12:00 PM ISTTwelve children under five years of age were admitted to a hospital after they were administered sanitiser drops instead of polio vaccine in Maharashtra's Yavatmal on February 01, The children were admitted to the hospital and are doing fine now.
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Children of depressed mothers at higher risk of suicide: Study
Lifestyle | Feb 01, 2021, 07:14 AM ISTA new study has found that children of mothers who are depressed tend to be at a higher risk of experiencing suicidal thoughts and attempting it as adolescents. The findings of the study were published in the journal 'Development and Psychopathology'.
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More than one-third of kids with COVID-19 show no symptoms, says study
World | Dec 01, 2020, 04:42 PM ISTMore than one-third of kids infected with the novel coronavirus are asymptomatic, according to a study which confirms that children diagnosed with COVID-19 may represent just a fraction of those infected.
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Scientists decode why COVID-19 spares children
Science | Nov 14, 2020, 03:27 PM ISTScientists have found a key factor which may explain why the novel coronavirus predominantly affects adults and older people while seeming to spare younger children, an advance that may lead to the development of new treatment strategies for COVID-19.
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Covid-19 can trigger OCD in kids and young people: Study
Health | Nov 10, 2020, 12:09 PM ISTOCD is a mental illness that causes repeated unwanted thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or the urge to do something over and over again (compulsions). Some people can have both obsessions and compulsions.
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Karnataka woman, 2 children found dead in Dublin
India | Nov 01, 2020, 07:53 PM ISTThe Indian woman and two of her children, found dead in Dublin in Ireland last week, hailed from a village in this district in Karnataka and had gone there only seven months ago.
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Study reveals children with asthma could benefit from prescribing according to genetic differences
News | Sep 10, 2020, 10:51 AM ISTSelecting treatments according to genetic differences could help children and teenagers with asthma, according to new research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.
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Children can have both COVID-19 antibodies, virus in their system simultaneously: Study
Health | Sep 03, 2020, 12:12 PM ISTThe study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, used a retrospective analysis of 6,369 children tested for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and 215 patients who underwent antibody testing at the Children's National Hospital in the US between March 13 and June 21.
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Scientists decode immune system changes in children with rare COVID-19 related syndrome
Science | Aug 19, 2020, 02:16 PM ISTAccording to the researchers, including those from King's College London in the UK, the rare disease, referred to as paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS-TS), has emerged in a small number of children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sudiksha wanted to help rural children access education, says father of US student killed in mishap
India | Aug 12, 2020, 11:21 PM ISTSudiksha, who hailed from Deri Scanar village in Gautam Buddh Nagar's Dadri, died on Monday in a road crash in adjoining Bulandshahr district when she was riding pillion on a motorcycle with her younger brother, a minor.