Children's Health
The WA law that made Kyro’s ‘waiting game’ take longer
Transitioning affects both children and parents – but what options are out there for young people in WA? And should parents get the final say?
- Indigo Lemay-Conway
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- Exclusive
- Hospitals
‘It’s chaos’: Surgeries delayed, staff resort to pen and paper amid Sydney hospital IT outage
A paper note taped to a chair at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead on Thursday alerted staff and visitors to the code yellow emergency.
- Angus Thomson
Under Russian bombardment, this Ukrainian children’s hospital got an Australian lifeline
Lviv is safer than some Ukrainian cities, but it is not spared from attack – and desperately ill children still need treatment, regardless of the unrelenting war.
- David Crowe
US cuts vaccine advice for every child, prompting outcry from doctors
The unprecedented step will undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases, leading medical groups say.
- Ali Swenson and Lauran Neergaard
- Opinion
- Social media
I wrote the book on anxious kids. It doesn’t matter if this ban isn’t perfect
The American author of The Anxious Generation writes that parents around the world are cheering on Australia as its pioneering social media law comes into effect today.
- Jonathan Haidt
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- Nutrition
Foods that didn’t exist 10 years ago are putting baby and toddler health at risk
Parents are being hoodwinked by misleading marketing of ultra-processed snacks for babies and toddlers that claims the foods are healthy and natural.
- Wendy Tuohy
A smartphone before age 12 could carry health risks, US study says
Parents should think twice before letting younger children have a smartphone because of risks to long-term health and wellbeing, one of the largest-ever US studies on child brain development suggests.
- Catherine Pearson
US medicine regulator claims COVID jabs killed at least 10 children
A critic of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr described the internal memo an example of science “by press release”.
- Christina Jewett
Microplastics are everywhere. How worried should parents be?
Experts and peak health bodies are divided around how worried we should be about microplastics. What should parents make of this?
- Lauren Ironmonger
Sport helps kids do better at school. Here’s the best time to get them started
Academics and sport are often pitted against each other. But a study showing that sport can enhance rather than hinder school performance presents further evidence to incorporate both.
- Tim Wigmore