Children

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Can China Reverse Its Population Decline? Just Ask Sweden.

Wealthy countries have been trying to boost their birthrates for decades. The results have been pretty similar.

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From a baby born in the rubble to a trapped teenager, many earthquake victims are children.

A baby born under the rubble and rescued, alive, hours later. Two little girls lying flat in the wreckage of…

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Here’s how to help victims of the earthquake.

The rescue and recovery efforts in Syria and Turkey are underway after the most powerful earthquake to strike the region…

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Lloyd Morrisett, a Founder of ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies at 93

His observations about his 3-year-old daughter’s viewing habits led him to join Joan Ganz Cooney in creating a program that revolutionized…

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Hundreds of Children Seeking Asylum in U.K. Are Missing

The unaccompanied minors are mostly Albanian teenagers who had been living in hotels. Rights advocates and some lawmakers believe that…

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F.D.A. Proposes Limits for Lead in Baby Food

The agency estimated that the guidelines could reduce young children’s dietary exposure to lead by about 25 percent.

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What We Know About How to Save Kids’ Lives

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hunger and loss make up a kaleidoscope in Somalia, but one scene stands out in my visit:…

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Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Falling. Here’s How States Can Raise Them.

Twenty-three years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared that measles had been eliminated in the United States.…

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When Books for Children Are Banned

More from our inbox: The Blame Goes Beyond Big OilThe Balance of NatureOur Visit to Bergdorf GoodmanBrooke Stephens, of Utah…

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In Ukraine, Christmas Lights Defy Darkness of War, and Children Ask for Peace

One town is protecting a statue of St. Nick with sandbags, another is putting its Christmas tree underground and others…

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