Time

For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise

For the first time in 25 years, child mortality rates for preventable diseases are projected to increase, after having declined for 25 years. The new estimate comes from models created by the ...
The New York Times

For the First Time, More Children Are Obese Than Underweight

One in 10 children worldwide now has obesity, a report from UNICEF found, and the number of overweight children has more than doubled in low- and middle-income countries since 2000. By Simar Bajaj For ...
NPR

For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?

One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of children who die before they hit their 5th birthday dropped by half — from nearly 10 ...
Wall Street Journal

For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year

One of the greatest public-health achievements of recent decades has been driving down child mortality around the world. Now, that long-running decline is reversing. The number of deaths of children ...
CNN

Child deaths projected to rise for first time this century, as aid cuts reverse decades of progress

The number of children who die before age 5 is expected to rise for the first time this century, amid sweeping cuts to global health funding by high-income countries, according to a new report from ...
Reuters

Child deaths will rise for first time this century after aid cuts, says Gates

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Around 200,000 more children will likely die before their fifth birthday this year than in 2024 - the first increase in preventable child deaths this century - in the wake of ...
Newsweek

Child Deaths Set To Rise For First Time This Century, Report

The number of children dying before their fifth birthday is projected to rise for the first time this century, according to a new report by the Gates Foundation, a private philanthropic organization ...
The Economist

For the first time, a CRISPR drug treats a child’s unique mutation

WITHIN DAYS after KJ was born in Philadelphia in August 2024 it was clear that something was wrong. He was not eating and slept too much. Blood tests revealed sky-high levels of ammonia, a toxic ...
Time

What the New ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Says About Children’s Health

Make America Healthy Again hats are given out at a news conference on removing synthetic dyes from America's food supply, at the Health and Human Services Headquarters in Washington, DC on April 22, ...
The White House

Fostering the Future for American Children and Families

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. My Administration is dedicated to empowering mothers and fathers to raise their children in safe and loving homes. When crises prevent such an arrangement, our Nation’s ...
EdSurge

Report: For First Time in Years, Home-Based Child Care Programs Are on the Rise

The number of home-based child care programs is seeing a spike for the first time in five years — but experts remain concerned that with a rising child care crisis, there are still not enough programs ...