Lisa Smith, 38, and her 2-year-old daughter were deported by Turkey from a Syrian displacement camp and landed in Dublin on Sunday.
Tag: Children and Childhood
New Strawberry-Flavored H.I.V. Drugs for Babies Are Offered at $1 a Day
Thousands of infants are doomed to early deaths each year, in part because pediatric medicines come in hard pills or bitter syrups that need refrigeration.
U.K. Takes Back Children From Former ISIS Territory
The Kurdish authorities said three children in Syria had been handed over to British officials.
Arabic-Language Version of ‘Sesame Street’ Will Debut 3 New Muppets
The show, “Ahlan Simsim,” which means “Welcome Sesame” in Arabic, aims to tackle the trauma facing refugee children in the Middle East.
A 9-Year-Old Is About to Get a University Degree. He Has #Giganticplans.
Laurent Simons of Belgium wants to make artificial hearts. He also loves Fortnite and has thousands of followers on Instagram.
Germany Mandates Measles Vaccine
All children attending preschool or higher in the country must be immunized, with fines for parents who do not comply, under a law that is to take effect next spring.
Climate Change Poses Threats to Children’s Health Worldwide
A study from the Lancet points to infectious diseases, worsening air pollution, rising temperatures and even malnutrition as threats to child health as the climate changes.
Girls as Young as 12 Were Strip-Searched in Australia
A police official said, “I’ve got young children, and if I thought that the police felt that they were at risk of doing something wrong, I’d want them strip-searched.”
She Was Daddy’s Little Girl. At 3, She Watched Him Shot Dead.
The assassination of an Afghan government employee while his daughter was next to him has underscored the lasting trauma of the intensifying war.
Anxious and Cooped Up, 1.5 Million Kashmiri Children Are Still Out of School
With soldiers and militants claiming the streets, and most schools simply shuttered, education has been on hold through months of crisis in Kashmir.