Medical Xpress

COVID vaccines cut ER visits for children, CDC reports

COVID-19 vaccines given to children last fall helped keep many out of emergency rooms (ER) and urgent care, new data shows. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that ...
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ER doctors won't let their kids do this because it's too dangerous

ER doctors won't let their kids do this because it's too dangerous GOP members face backlash after defying Trump As cost of living rises, fewer people are moving to Florida — and more are leaving ...
U.S. News & World Report

COVID Vaccines Cut ER Visits for Children, CDC Reports

MONDAY, Dec. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccines given to children last fall helped keep many out of emergency rooms (ER) and urgent care, new data shows. The U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Scientific American

COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds

The COVID vaccines reduced the risk of emergency room or urgent care visits by 76 percent in children aged nine months through four years and by 56 percent in those aged five through 17 compared with ...
The Guardian

Are Australian kids breaking the law if they sneak onto social media? – video

Does Australia’s social media ban mean kids aged under 16 will get in legal trouble for circumventing the ban? Will parents get in trouble for letting their kids use banned social media sites? There ...
People

Starting Today, Social Media Is Banned for Australian Kids Under 16

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, Twitch, X and Kick are the 10 platforms banned for kids in Australia Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working ...
Medical Xpress

Young children more likely to visit ER after virtual care than in-person visits, study shows

A new Ontario-based study finds that children aged three months to two years are more likely to visit the emergency department (ED) within three days after a virtual primary care appointment compared ...
AOL

Starting Today, Social Media Is Banned for Australian Kids Under 16

Australian leaders are hopeful that other countries will follow suit and implement similar bans Australia has officially banned social media for kids under 16. Beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 10, ...
CNN

Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and ...
The Australian

10 Australian books to keep your kids off social media

The sequel to Runt, this is the top selling children’s book for the year: six weeks after the adorable Annie Shearer and her mutt, Runt, competed at the Krumpets Dog Show, Runt mysteriously goes ...
CNN

It’s time to do as the Australians do and ban your kids from social media

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screentime. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...