Children
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World
At a holiday celebration in southern Ukraine, ‘kids still need miracles.’
A woman and her daughter walking past holiday decorations with food aid and presents.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New York TimesHundreds of children gathered at a local school, awaiting Saint Nicholas.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New ...
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News
Homicides of Children Soared in the Pandemic’s First Year
Killings of children and teenagers under 18 increased sharply in 2020, federal researchers reported. Black communities were disproportionately affected.
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US
Epic Games to Pay $520 Million Over Children’s Privacy and Trickery Charges
The creator of popular games like Fortnite and Rocket League violated children’s privacy and duped millions of users into unwanted purchases, federal regulators said.
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Newyork
Which Virus Is It This Time? New Yorkers Are Sick of Being Sick.
New Yorkers are contending with a bewildering and miserable mix of symptoms as Covid, flu, R.S.V. and various mystery illnesses circulate.
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News
Opposition to School Vaccine Mandates Has Grown Significantly, Study Finds
A third of parents now feel they should be the ones to decide whether to get their children immunized against measles, mumps and other childhood diseases.
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Sports
Want To Encourage Young Runners? Here Is What to Do (And What to Avoid)
As youth running options expand, pro runners offer tips on how to encourage children and teens in ways that make them more likely to love the sport.
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US
Transgender Americans Feel Under Siege as Political Vitriol Rises
Language about pedophiles and “grooming” of young children has intensified a movement, reminiscent of campaigns dating to the 1970s, that seeks to turn transgender people into a political wedge.
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US
F.D.A. Authorizes Updated Covid Shots for Children as Young as 6 Months
The move broadens access to the reformulated shots, but only a small fraction of the country’s youngest children are likely to get one of the new doses in the near future.
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US
Fears of Violence Rise on New Front in Gender Debate: Drag Shows
Protesters, conservative commentators and Republican politicians have accused the performers of targeting children, raising the stakes and the threats.
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Newyork
Free to Be You and Me. Or Not.
If you grew up in any remotely liberal enclave of America in the 1970s or 1980s, you grew up believing a few things. You believed that you lived in a land where the children were free, where it didn’t matter whether you were a boy or a girl because ...