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  No indication that children will be severely affected in third wave of COVID: Govt

  India | May 24, 2021 17:25 IST

  The 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 20:14 IST

  Bharat 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 IST

  The 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 18:00 IST

  A 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 | April 10, 2021 22:11 IST

  A 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 | March 08, 2021 18:57 IST

  On 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 | March 02, 2021 19:26 IST

  Children 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 | February 03, 2021 12:00 IST

  Twelve 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 | February 01, 2021 7:14 IST

  A 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 | December 01, 2020 16:42 IST

  More 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 | November 14, 2020 15:27 IST

  Scientists 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 | November 10, 2020 12:09 IST

  OCD 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 | November 01, 2020 19:53 IST

  The 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 | September 10, 2020 10:51 IST

  Selecting 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 | September 03, 2020 12:12 IST

  The 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 | August 19, 2020 14:16 IST

  According 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 | August 12, 2020 23:21 IST

  Sudiksha, 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.

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  Child sleep problems associated with impaired academic and psychosocial functioning

  Lifestyle | August 05, 2020 8:40 IST

  Irrespective of whether children have sleep problems since birth or not, a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that sleep disturbances at any age are associated with diminished well-being by the time the c

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  Kids flogged for taking 'prasad' twice in Mathura

  India | July 27, 2020 11:19 IST

  Two kids were flogged in Maant area of Mathura district after they tried to get 'prasad' twice at a religious function. Two persons have been arrest after this incident. The crime came to light only after a video clip went viral on the social media on Sunday, after which the two accused men were arrested.

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  Tweens What?

  July 26, 2020 22:34 IST

  A very hands-on (and at times almost paranoid) mother of a 7-year old, an avid reader, a keen observer of human nature and a deep lover of psychology - this combination makes me read up a lot on a variety of topics and relate it to what I experience around myself. During one such reading session, I came across the word 'Tweens'.