6 h. ago Here’s why you should catch some rays this summer despite skin cancer risk

Spending too much time in the sun can lead to sun poisoning and melanoma

Events

14 h. ago Over 200 kindergarten children hospitalised after school serves lead

The children have symptoms including stomach and leg pain and hair loss

Politics

42 h. ago Eight arrested after hundreds of children fall ill with lead poisoning

The children have symptoms including stomach and leg pain and hair loss

Events

1 week ago Landscaper arrested after inviting hundreds to unauthorized party while homeowners away, cops say

Michael Brown is accused of inviting as many as 400 people to the house party in the Charlotte suburb of Weddington

Society

2 w. ago Millions of children at risk as global vaccine rates fall, study finds

Decline blamed on health inequalities, Covid disruption and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancyMillions of children worldwide are at risk of lethal diseases because vaccine coverage has stalled or reversed amid persistent health inequalities and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancy, the largest study of its kind has found.Major progress in rolling out jabs to billions of children in all corners of the globe over the last five decades has prevented the deaths of 154 million children, according to an analysis published in the Lancet. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Thousands of children still living in poverty in Renfrewshire despite fall from previous year

A total of 4,613 children were living in a relative low income household, before housing costs, in 2023/24.

Politics