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Emergency department visits for firearm injuries in the United States dropped slightly since 2020, but the rate in 2022 was still above pre-pandemic levels.According to a new study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the weekly number of emergency department visits related to firearm injuries began to rise in March 2020 before sharply increasing in May 2020 and remaining high.

Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome surged in recent years, but a newer approach to caring for newborn babies exposed to opioids during pregnancy gets them out of the hospital sooner and with less medication, according to a study published on Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine.Newborns in opioid withdrawal may experience upset stomach, inconsolable crying, seizures and extreme discomfort.

Obesity is a major and growing problem around the world, but especially in the U.S., where more than 40% of adults and about 20% of children now meet the criteria for what doctors say has become an intractable chronic disease.Rates of the disease have soared in recent decades, spurred by the complex interaction of genes that make people more likely to store food as fat, a food system that provides easy and cheap access to processed treats explicitly designed to be overconsumed, and social settings that limit access to healthy options and exercise for many people.

Obesity is a major and growing problem around the world, but especially in the U.S., where more than 40% of adults and about 20% of children now meet the criteria for what doctors say has become an intractable chronic disease.Rates of the disease have soared in recent decades, spurred by the complex interaction of genes that make people more likely to store food as fat, a food system that provides easy and cheap access to processed treats explicitly designed to be overconsumed, and social settings that limit access to healthy options and exercise for many people.

Queer spaces are vital hubs for LGBTQIA+ people, combatting loneliness and deepening connections, so what's behind the decline in their numbers?Alessandra Vescio takes a closer look
When talking about the experience of queer people, it is very common for the word 'community' to come up.LGBTQIA+ people themselves often recognise that they are part of a community, a large group made up of different lives, stories, backgrounds, who share the identity of being queer, and what this means and brings with it.

Mary and her teenage child Jasper (these are pseudonyms) clasp hands in a public park in Minneapolis, where they moved from Texas to ensure Jasper's safety amid anti-transgender bias
Minneapolis (AFP) - With bills targeting transgender youth multiplying at an alarming rate, Mary knew it was time to leave Texas - and fast.

Prescriptions for stimulants often used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder surged during the pandemic, especially among adults, a new study found.The finding comes as one common ADHD treatment, Adderall, has been in shortage for months, in part because of high demand.Diagnoses for ADHD have become more common in recent decades, and prescriptions for stimulant drugs that are most often used to treat the neurodevelopmental disorder have also been on the rise.

It's no secret that kids in the U.S. are struggling with mental health issues in increasing numbers.Now, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association emphasizes the severity of the situation: Pediatric mental health hospitalizations are rising, and many more kids are being hospitalized for attempting suicide.

The World Health Organization's vaccine experts have revised their global Covid-19 vaccination recommendations, and healthy kids and teenagers considered low priority may not need to get a shot.The updated roadmap is designed to prioritize Covid-19 vaccines for those at greatest risk of death and severe disease, according to the World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE).

WHO recommends primary doses and a first booster in healthy adults, children and adolescents with comorbidities.The World Health Organization (WHO) says it no longer recommends additional COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for regular, medium-risk adults, as the benefit is marginal.For people who have received their primary vaccination course and one booster dose, there is no risk in having further jabs, but the returns are slight, the WHO's vaccine experts said on Tuesday.

Does the five second rule actually work?What kind of paper airplane flies best?Does your heart rate change when you're watching a horror movie?Does Diet Coke explode crazier than Coke?Our city's future thought leaders put these questions and more to the test Thursday, March 16, at Buena Vista Horace Mann's science fair, where around 100 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders proudly presented tri-fold poster boards bearing their experiments.

The NYPD launched a first-of-its-kind drone program in Brooklyn Tuesday night that aims to teach teenagers about tech while also providing them with a fun outlet.The initiative kicked-off on March 28 inside the NYPD community center at 127 Pennsylvania Ave. and was hosted by the police department's Youth Strategies Division.

The portion of American hospital beds occupied by children with suicidal or self-harming behavior has soared over the course of a decade, a large study of admissions to acute care hospitals shows.An analysis of 4,767,840 pediatric hospitalizations by researchers at Dartmouth, published on Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA, found that between 2009 and 2019, mental health hospitalizations increased by 25.8 percent and cost $1.37 billion.

In October 2022, the FDA announced an Adderall shortage.While the exact extent of the shortage is unclear, it is having an impact across the nation.A large part of the reason for the deficit of this popular ADHD drug was a massive surge in prescriptions in the past three years - from 35.5 million to 45 million between 2019 and 2022.

Once a week, Brooklyn-based musician Sean Fentress, better known for his band's Straw Man Army's music, hops on the train up to the Bronx to spend an afternoon with Adolfo Campos, a 17-year-old with leukemia.Together, the pair fill the apartment with music.Fentress is a volunteer with the MJHS pediatric hospice program, and he and Campos connected late last year, instantly bonding over their shared love of music.

Officials broke ground Feb. 22 on a facility that will provide the first inpatient hospital beds for kids and teens in mental health crisis in Santa Clara County.The three-story Adolescent Psychiatric Facility and Behavioral Health Services Center linked to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (VMC) will provide inpatient hospital care as well as emergency and outpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents and adults.

Limits set for fat, salt and sugar in food sold in vending machines, snack bars, etc. Candy bars, doughnuts, regular potato chips and sports drinks are out Granola bars, trail mix, baked chips, low-fat and fat-free milk, fruit and vegetable juices are in The new rules are meant to help curb childhood obesity Candy bars, doughnuts and regular potato chips will become scarce in schools under new federal rules released Thursday, replaced by healthier options such as granola bars, trail mix and baked chips.

Utah's Governor Spencer J. Cox signed a social media bill that could restrict access to applications like TikTok and Instagram by children and adolescents.Social media services must bar state residents younger than 18 from having accounts without a parent or guardian's consent under the law.Social networks also must provide Utah parents access to their children's posts, messages, and responses, as well as block minors from accessing accounts from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.

By Joel Rosenblatt | Bloomberg Meta Platforms Inc. was sued by the school board in the company's home county for allegedly addicting students to its social media platforms and contributing to a mental health crisis.The San Mateo County Board of Education added the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to a complaint it filed March 13 against other social media giants, including Google, TikTok and Snap.

Spain's ruling Socialist party is in favour of arming Kyiv but its junior coalition partner remains unconvinced.Madrid, Spain Like many in Spain, Begona Castro is in favour of helping Ukraine to fight back against the invading Russian army.In fact, she believes the Spanish government is not doing enough to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin from overrunning Kyiv.

(CNN)Parents across the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD), located in a Dallas, Texas, suburb, are reeling following a string fentanyl overdoses by nine students who attend schools in the district.The students, who range in age from 13 to 17 and are not identified by name in court documents, overdosed between September 18, 2022 and February 1, 2023.