Category: children
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School shooting in Canada leaves 9 dead and police identify suspect
A shooting at a high school in the small community of Tumbler Ridge, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, left at least nine dead and 27 injured on Tuesday (10), sparking national outrage and an immediate mobilization of authorities. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reported that they have already identified the person responsible…
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School Shooting in Canada Leaves 9 Dead; Police Identify Suspect
A shooting at a school in the small community of Tumbler Ridge, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, left at least nine dead and 27 injured on Tuesday (10), causing national commotion and immediate mobilization of authorities. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reported that they have already identified the person responsible for the…
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Three in every ten missing persons in Brazil are children or adolescents
Three out of every ten disappearance cases registered in Brazil during the year 2025 involved children and adolescents. According to data from the National System of Public Security Information (Sinesp), out of the 84,760 general occurrences, 23,919, or 28% of the total, involved victims under 18 years of age. This result also means that, on…
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4 Ways to Overcome Insomnia Anxiety — and Get Back to Sleep
Clinical psychologist Steve Orma was a little over 40 years old when he developed insomnia — difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. He couldn’t stop thinking about it. “I started to enter the mental state that most people find themselves in. I worried: ‘What’s happening? Is something wrong with me?’”, he says. This fear of…
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4 Ways to Overcome Insomnia Anxiety — and Get Back to Sleep
Clinical psychologist Steve Orma was in his early 40s when he developed insomnia — difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. He couldn’t stop obsessing over it. “I started to enter the mental state that most people get sucked into. I worried: ‘What’s happening? Is something wrong with me?’”, he says. This fear of not being…
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UNICEF Promotes Over 1 Million Opportunities for Youth in the Country
The Um Milhão de Oportunidades (1MiO) initiative, from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has reached 1,294,165 professional training, apprenticeship, internship, and formal employment opportunities effectively provided to adolescents and youth aged 14 to 29 in vulnerable situations in the country since its launch in 2020. The survey, released this Wednesday (17) by UNICEF, showed…
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Watch Out for Christmas Heart Attacks. How to Identify Signs of Heart Problems During the Holidays
The risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke increases during the holiday season, with a peak in deaths from heart problems between Christmas and New Year’s. “We certainly see this in the emergency room during the end-of-year holidays,” says Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, cardiologist who leads the Framingham Heart Study at Boston University School of…
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Beware of the Christmas Coronary. How to Identify Signs of Heart Problems During the Holidays
The risk of heart attack or stroke increases during the holiday season, with a peak in cardiac deaths between Christmas and New Year’s. Learn to spot the signs and reduce your risk.
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Internet Access in Early Childhood More Than Doubled Since 2015
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Internet access in early childhood more than doubled in less than a decade in Brazil, rising from 11% in 2015 to 23% in 2024. This includes nearly half (44%) of babies up to 2 years old and 71% of children aged 3 to 5. The data are part of the study *Proteção à primeira infância…
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WHO Recognizes End of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Brazil
Brazil has been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the largest country in the world to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission—known as vertical transmission—as a public health problem. The announcement was made by Health Minister Alexandre Padilha on Friday (December 15) on CanalGov. According to Minister Padilha, the board of the Joint United Nations…