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What's Killing Kids?

Childhood death rates in the U.S. rose 18% from 2019 to 2021, reversing decades of progress primarily due to injuries from guns and drugs.

1 in 4 Child Deaths After E.R. Visits Are Preventable, Study Finds

Majority of U.S. emergency departments are inadequately prepared for pediatric patients, risking children's lives.

Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo

Measles outbreaks are increasingly lethal in many parts of the world, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite the availability of vaccines.

Here's How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines

Vaccines have dramatically reduced child mortality rates and erased fears once associated with deadly diseases like diphtheria.
Diphtheria was once a widespread and fatal disease, largely forgotten due to vacination success.

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.

Child death rates in the US are rising, with Black and Native American youths disproportionately affected by injuries like car accidents, homicides, and suicides.

What's Killing Kids?

Childhood death rates in the U.S. rose 18% from 2019 to 2021, reversing decades of progress primarily due to injuries from guns and drugs.

1 in 4 Child Deaths After E.R. Visits Are Preventable, Study Finds

Majority of U.S. emergency departments are inadequately prepared for pediatric patients, risking children's lives.

Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo

Measles outbreaks are increasingly lethal in many parts of the world, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite the availability of vaccines.

Here's How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines

Vaccines have dramatically reduced child mortality rates and erased fears once associated with deadly diseases like diphtheria.
Diphtheria was once a widespread and fatal disease, largely forgotten due to vacination success.

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.

Child death rates in the US are rising, with Black and Native American youths disproportionately affected by injuries like car accidents, homicides, and suicides.
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UN report says 1.1 billion people living in acute poverty

The world's poorest individuals predominantly reside in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with a notable concentration in conflict-affected regions.
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Why a new report on child mortality is historic, encouraging and grim

Historic decrease in child mortality below 5 million deaths worldwide.
Need to accelerate efforts to reduce child mortality from preventable and treatable conditions.

Bill Gates says today's global child health crisis is tomorrow's economic catastrophe

After 40 years since "We Are the World," malnutrition risks for children have escalated due to stalled progress in aid and climate challenges.

Childhood deaths reach historic' low but progress is unequal, UN report finds

Record low under-five mortality in 2022 - 4.9 million deaths, Progress in reducing child mortality since 2000 and 1990, Precarious progress in ending preventable child deaths

Why a new report on child mortality is historic, encouraging and grim

Historic decrease in child mortality below 5 million deaths worldwide.
Need to accelerate efforts to reduce child mortality from preventable and treatable conditions.

Bill Gates says today's global child health crisis is tomorrow's economic catastrophe

After 40 years since "We Are the World," malnutrition risks for children have escalated due to stalled progress in aid and climate challenges.

Childhood deaths reach historic' low but progress is unequal, UN report finds

Record low under-five mortality in 2022 - 4.9 million deaths, Progress in reducing child mortality since 2000 and 1990, Precarious progress in ending preventable child deaths
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#humanitarian-crisis

We've lost everything': inside a Sudanese town where children die of hunger every day

Tawila faces a severe humanitarian crisis with daily child mortality due to hunger, exacerbated by ongoing conflict and insufficient healthcare resources.

Several killed in Israeli attack on aid truck in Gaza: Report

At least nine people killed in an attack on an aid distribution vehicle in Gaza by Israeli forces.
UNICEF warns of increasing child deaths in Gaza due to malnutrition and dehydration, calling for immediate humanitarian relief.

We've lost everything': inside a Sudanese town where children die of hunger every day

Tawila faces a severe humanitarian crisis with daily child mortality due to hunger, exacerbated by ongoing conflict and insufficient healthcare resources.

Several killed in Israeli attack on aid truck in Gaza: Report

At least nine people killed in an attack on an aid distribution vehicle in Gaza by Israeli forces.
UNICEF warns of increasing child deaths in Gaza due to malnutrition and dehydration, calling for immediate humanitarian relief.
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Ontario child under 5 dies of measles, provincial health agency says | CBC News

A child under five years old has died of measles in Ontario due to lack of vaccination, highlighting the importance of immunization.

The invisible lives and deaths of the children of sex workers

Insufficient data and attention on child mortality among sex workers' children, leading to issues in birth registration and healthcare

Here's how 2 UCSF doctors, nonprofit helped lower child mortality by nearly 63% in Mali war zone

UCSF doctors launch nonprofit to bring healthcare to communities with high child death rates in Mali.
The nonprofit, Muso, continued to provide care during the regional war in central Mali, leading to a significant drop in child mortality rates.
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