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Are children living near the border at greater risk of health problems due to sewage crisis?
Virginia Castellanos, a South Bay Union School District nurse, is at work when her phone buzzes. “It stinks really bad at ...
The Brooklyn Home Reporter3d
Kindergarten student with pneumonia gets surprise graduation at hospital
Kindergarten student Celia Chan, 5, was diagnosed with severe pneumonia, which caused her to spend weeks at Maimonides ...
Many children suffering ongoing COVID symptoms
More than 20% of children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are experiencing significant persistent health symptoms ...
Pediatric mycoplasma pneumoniae infection incidence increased in 2024
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae)-associated community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) incidence was significantly higher in ...
The Lancet5d
Incidence and severity of childhood pneumonia in the first year of life in a South African birth cohort: the Drakenstein Child Health Study - The Lancet
This birth cohort study is being done at two sites in Paarl, a periurban area of South Africa. We enrolled pregnant women (>18 years) and followed up mother–infant pairs to 1 year of age. We obtained ...
Parents allegedly kept malnourished child 'locked away' until he died of pneumonia
A pair of foster parents were arrested after they allegedly kept a 9-year-old "concealed from the world" and ignored his ...
'Abused' Boy, 9, 'Locked Away in Bedroom' with Pneumonia Died When Lung Collapsed From Buildup of Pus: DA
Prosecutors say Sherman Devaughn Jones, 46, and Sampaguita L. Jones, 41, abused their 9-year-old son, locked him away in his ...
The Lancet6d
Bubble continuous positive airway pressure for children with high-risk conditions and severe pneumonia in Malawi: an open label, randomised, controlled trial - The Lancet
Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death among children aged 1–59 months worldwide. 1 According to WHO criteria, pneumonia is a syndrome characterised by non-specific respiratory signs and ...