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Health Dec 02

How dozens of U.S. adolescents are dying of drug overdoses each month, shown in 3 charts

By Ty Schepis, The Conversation

Health Jun 15

As more kids go down the ‘deep, dark tunnel’ of long COVID, doctors still can’t predict who is at risk

Long COVID is not an adults-only phenomenon, and it poses the same mystery in kids as in adults.

By Elizabeth Cooney, STAT

Health May 17

Can schools require COVID-19 vaccines for students 12 and up?

Each state has its own rules for which vaccines kids must have to attend school and the reasons students can opt out.

By Kristine Bowman, The Conversation

Health Aug 10

A participant takes part in a group session at a Youth Against AIDS training camp organised by the Jesuit AIDS Project in Domboshawa, around 80 km (49 miles) north-east of Harare, April 13, 2012. The Jesuit AIDS Project was launched in Harare in 1996 to fight the alarmingly high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe and now focuses on prevention and youth development, according to organisers. Picture taken April 13, 2012. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Why is so little global funding devoted to adolescent health?

Adolescents make up a quarter of the population in developing countries, but on average receive less than 2 percent of all global health funding, according to a new report.

By Laura Santhanam

Nation Oct 31

Opioid poisoning tripled among toddlers as U.S. painkiller crisis ballooned

A study published Monday highlights a surprising group of patients suffering from opioid poisoning: adolescents, children and even toddlers.

By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News

Dec 01

Can teaching Kenyan girls to save money also save them from HIV?

By Ellen Rolfes

For adolescent girls in Kenya, poverty increases the likelihood of sexual exploitation. When older men take advantage of a girl's need for food, medicine and school fees by demanding sexual favors, it can have long-lasting consequences, like HIV/AIDS, the second…

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Jan 17

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In Preventing Violence, ‘Very Hard to Identify’ Individuals Who Need Help Most

In Preventing Violence, 'Very Hard to Indentify' Individuals Who Need Help Most…

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Mar 13

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In Internet Age, Libraries Still Draw a Crowd

A survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that young adults aged 18 to 30 frequent public libraries more regularly than older people, despite the advance of personal computers and the Internet. Guest essayist Julia Keller of…

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Feb 28

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‘Juno’ Raises Questions About Teen Pregnancy

"Juno" -- a popular film about a teenage girl who gets pregnant and gives her baby away -- won the 2008 Oscar for best original screenplay. Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming reflects on how teen pregnancy is portrayed in popular media.

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