Florida approved a law this Monday to restrict the use of social networks among those under 16 years of age, a controversial initiative at a time when the United States questions the impact of internet giants on youth. Governor Ron DeSantis signed the text approved at the beginning of the month by the Florida Congress. […]
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Self-harm among Mexican adolescents grows after the pandemic, according to an expert
The number of teenagers and youths who self-harm is on the rise in Mexico after the pandemic, a trend that worries specialists as it is a risk factor for suicides, the psychiatrist Paola Alejandra Gutiérrez Galindo told EFE on Thursday. “This rise in self-harm and suicide attempts, even if they are not highly lethal, continue […]
Social protection for children falls more than nine points in Latin America
The percentage of children under 15 years of age with access to social protection services fell 9.2 points in Latin Americafrom 50.7% in 2016 to 41.5% in 2020, according to a report published today by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Fund of United Nations for Children (UNICEF). The region is the one that […]
Little geniuses of America confirm that science is also a thing for girls
A robot rescuer, a home automation house and a teddy bear with technology for the identification of refugee children are some of the inventions with which Latin American girls and adolescents seek to break stereotypes and inspire others to explore the science. “In Corinto, all of this technology, science, is very complex, also when opportunities […]
Economic inequality puts the health of minors at risk, according to a study
A group of experts warns that the increase in economic inequalities in the world causes disparities in Health of children and adolescents, which puts at risk the objectives set to reduce mortality in 2030. During 2019, there were 8.6 million deaths under the age of 20 -including stillbirths-, according to a series of studies published […]
Teenagers, Guns, Pandemic … Lethal Combination in America
It was lunchtime on a mild day in Aurora, a Denver suburb, when a pickup truck full of teenagers He reached the parking lot of a high school and the shooting began. Three boys were injured while the others ran off. One of the boys charged in connection with the November 19 shooting told authorities […]
Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Highly Effective in Adolescents
The vaccine COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech is highly effective in teenagers, according to a study focused on delta variant SARS-CoV-2 and showing that in fully vaccinated youth the risk of symptomatic disease decreased 93% compared to unvaccinated. The work is published in the magazine “The New England Journal of Medicine” with data on the adolescent population of […]
Taliban to announce adolescent education plans “soon,” says UNICEF
Updated on 10/16/2021 11:06 am The taliban will announce “soon” a framework that allows adolescent girls to attend secondary schools in Afghanistansaid a senior official from United Nations, after four weeks of prohibition. “The de facto education minister told us that they are working on a framework, which they will announce soon, that will allow […]