The world is set to boost efforts to stop children working as 2021 marks the International Year for the Elimination of Child ...

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Gun-related deaths among children in the U.S. reached a distressing peak in 2021, claiming 4,752 young lives and surpassing the record total seen during the first year of the pandemic, a new analysis ...

The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest annual mortality statistics from ...

Amid skyrocketing rates of poor mental health among US youth, nearly 15% of children received mental health treatment in 2021, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The short time span from mid-August to mid-September of 2021 was a particularly grim chapter for at-risk children in New York City. Julissia Batties. Legacy Beauford. Aisyn Gonzalez. Jace Eubanks. All ...

This new facility is set to triple the number of meals provided to Houston's children in need, expanding from 10,000 to a ...

A record number of U.S. children were killed by firearms in 2021, new research has found. A study published in the American Academy of Pediatrics reported Monday that gun deaths among children rose ...