Cancer in the air

Even low levels of benzene can cause lymphomas cancer in children

Health of developing nations

Fighting AIDS

Three is company!

A fertility treatment spawns babies with the DNA of three parents, instead of two

The hole truth of cigarettes

Role reversal

Anti-HIV drugs can mutate the genes of an embryo

Cabinet approves National Policy for Children

Health experts say it has many shortcomings

India has world’s highest number of children with severe acute malnutrition: UNICEF

One out of every five deaths in children under five globally is due to severe wasting

Children: victims of war and poverty

Double trouble

DISEASE DETAILS

Hazardous votes

Out of bounds

Schools in Tehran are closed due to pollution

Fatal dose

Vitamin A supplements claim the lives of 17 children in Assam

Evaluating impacts

Asthma and ozone

Children face a greater risk

No kidding

Pollution can have adverse effect on the lungs of children

Extreme weather impact: 20,000 children displaced every day in last 6 years

At least three of every 10 persons displaced across the world due to weather-related disasters was a child

Indoor air pollution can slow down brain development in infants: Study

Very small particulate matter can move from respiratory tract to brain

Paediatric beds fill up in West Bengal as adenovirus spreads, 3 deaths recorded

Doctors have seen an at least 50 per cent increase in cases this year compared to usual

Globally 78.2 million children out of school: UN report

Over half the out-of-school children are girls, data shows

Simply Put: A childhood of heavy lifting

From the blurbs

News Snippets

Telling children how not to go the dodo way

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