16 h. ago CDC officials urge US flu vaccination after record child deaths last year

Americans told ‘time to get vaccinated is now’ as concerning mutation of influenza virus circulates in USOfficials are urging doctors to vaccinate their patients and provide flu antivirals after deaths among children reached record highs and as a concerning mutation of the virus circulates in the US.“Influenza activity is increasing in the US. The time to get vaccinated for this season is now,” Timothy Uyeki, the chief medical officer of the influenza division at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said in a call with clinicians last week. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Crocodile drags boy, ten, to his death: Horrified villagers discover beast with child in its mouth

Affan had been swimming with friends in the Inggoi River in North Maluku, Indonesia, on Tuesday afternoon when the crocodile struck.

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55 h. ago Rob Reiner's eldest daughter breaks silence with heartbreaking statement after dad's murder

Hollywood director Rob Reiner's eldest child spoke of her shock at the death of her father and his wife, Michele Singer Reinter, as their son Nick Reiner remains in custody

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4 d. ago Bondi beach terror attack: 16 people including one child dead in antisemitic shooting

Anthony Albanese says attack ‘deliberately targeted Jewish community’, as police confirm alleged shooters are father and son Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24Follow the latest live updates on the Bondi beach shootingVictims named so farWhat we know so far about the Bondi terror attackA father and son have been identified as the alleged shooters in a terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi beach, as authorities confirm the death toll from the massacre has risen to 15, including one child. One of the gunmen was also confirmed dead.The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said the shooting was “an act of pure evil, an act of antisemitism, an act of terrorism on our shores”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Bondi beach terror attack: premier vows to change law to crack down on ‘horrifying’ weapons used to kill 15

Anthony Albanese says attack ‘deliberately targeted Jewish community’, as police confirm alleged shooters are father and son Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24Follow the latest live updates on the Bondi beach shootingVictims named so farWhat we know so far about the Bondi terror attackA father and son have been identified as the alleged shooters in a terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi beach, as authorities confirm the death toll from the massacre has risen to 15, including one child. One of the gunmen was also confirmed dead.The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said the shooting was “an act of pure evil, an act of antisemitism, an act of terrorism on our shores”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Parents in court over ‘murder’ of baby daughter are charged with sexual assaulting tot & neglect of two other children

A MUM and dad have been charged with sexually assaulting their one-year-old child and neglecting two other children. Kinga Wydrzynska, 25, and Michal Stasiak, 27, previously appeared in court having been charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. The 13-month-old girl died after suffering a cardiac arrest at the family...

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5 d. ago JonBenet Ramsey case ‘remains a top priority’ almost three decades after child beauty queen’s death, police say

‘My direction to our department has been clear: leave no stone unturned,’ Boulder police chief said

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9 d. ago Child bride due to be executed for the death of her abusive husband in Iran has her life spared after in

UN rights experts last week urged Iran to halt the execution of Goli Kouhkan, saying she was forced into marriage at the age of 12 to her cousin and at 13 gave birth to their son

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1 week ago Combatting arson attacks ‘vital for society’, Taoiseach warns after house fire

A murder investigation has been launched after the deaths of a woman and a child at a house on Castleview Park in Edenderry.

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1 week ago What it means that the FDA claims Covid vaccines caused child deaths

To accurately gauge a vaccine’s risks, it is also crucial to compare its side effects with the effects of the illness it prevents

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2 w. ago Foreign aid cuts will see extra 200,000 children under five die this year, damning Gates report warns

Report from the Gates Foundation says the death rate for under-fives will increase for the first time this century as cuts by Donald Trump and from nations across Europe begin to bite

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2 w. ago FDA claims Covid vaccines caused child deaths. Here’s the truth

To accurately gauge a vaccine’s risks, it is also crucial to compare its side effects with the effects of the illness it prevents

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2 w. ago 200,000 children under the age of five to die this year because of foreign aid cuts

Report from Gates Foundation says the death rate for under-fives will increase for the first time this century

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2 w. ago 200,000 children under the age of 5 to die this year because of foreign aid cuts

Report from Gates Foundation says the death rate for under-5s will increase for the first time this century

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2 w. ago Iranian child bride forced to marry aged 12 faces execution over the death of her abusive husband

Goli Kouhkan, an undocumented Baluch woman today aged 25, is set to be executed this month, eight independent United Nations experts warned in a statement published Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Jamie Lee Curtis asked My Girl studio to put trigger warning on poster over Macaulay Culkin bee sting

Actor told Columbia’s head of marketing that the film’s scene showing the death of Culkin, then 10, was going to freak out every child in the USJamie Lee Curtis has said she asked the studio behind the 1991 comedy-drama My Girl to put a trigger warning on the poster, owing to the dramatic death of its central character towards the end of the film.Speaking on The View, Curtis, 67, said she was sufficiently concerned by the incongruously perky publicity materials for the movie to phone the studio’s head of marketing. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan announces pregnancy one month after death of her sister

Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan has announced she is pregnant with her second child, one month after the death of her sister Darci.

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