Homicides and suicides among young Americans reached their highest levels in decades during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study. The report (pdf) analyzed the homicide and suicide death rates among those age 10-24 from 2001 to 2021. One key finding was that from 2019 to 2020,…

Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials told the House Oversight subcommittee that factors that led to a shortage of baby formula had been identified but remained unchanged. Witnesses at a March 28 hearing of the Health Care and Financial Services subcommittee said the agency would need more funding, enforcement authority, and a better organizational…

Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials told the House Oversight subcommittee that factors that led to a shortage of baby formula had been identified but remained unchanged. Witnesses at a March 28 hearing of the Health Care and Financial Services subcommittee said the agency would need more funding, enforcement authority, and a better organizational…

In a University of Hong Kong team research project, it was found that children at or under the age of 11, who are infected with Omicron BA.2 subtype new mutant virus strain, their mortality rate is higher than those suffering from influenza or parainfluenza. It also indicates there might be signs  of complications in the…

A year into the pandemic, the disruption the crisis has wrought in children’s lives has become obvious: online classrooms, little to no group sports and hanging out with friends, extra mental pressure, among numerous other negative effects.  What is less known is the long-term impact this will have on children down the road.  “The effects…