childhood

My daughter has childhood dementia and may not live past 16

Diagnosed just before her fourth birthday, Sophia, now 15, can no longer speak and cannot walk unaided. Source link

4 months ago

Judge blocks RFK Jr's changes to US childhood vaccine schedule

Kennedy had slashed the number of recommended vaccines from 17 to 11, sparking a backlash from health experts. Source link

4 months ago

Four years of war in Ukraine: Childhood has ‘moved underground’, displacement continues – UN humanitarians

Speaking to reporters from a basement in Kherson, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Ukraine Munir Mammadzade said that the…

5 months ago

Brain surgery took all my childhood memories

Debbie JacksonBBC Scotland NewsWeronika SomervilleWeronika Somerville lost all her childhood memories after brain surgery when she was 14 years oldWhen…

1 year ago

Gene therapy experiment treats rare childhood blindness

Smitha MundasadHealth reporterMoorfields HospitalJace, 6, was born with a rare and aggressive eye conditionAn experimental trial of gene therapy has…

1 year ago

‘Robbed’ of their childhood: UNICEF warns of crisis facing Haiti’s youth

In a briefing on Friday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reported that more than 1,600 men, women and children have fled. Two-thirds…

1 year ago

Watch: BBC reporter returns to childhood home destroyed in Syria civil war

Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus became synonymous with the suffering of the Syrian people during the country's civil war, which…

2 years ago