Israeli security forces fatally shot two teenage Palestinian protesters during clashes in the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestine’s health ministry and the Islamic Jihad militant group have said. The violence in the streets erupted after Israeli special forces encircled the house of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi in Nablus. The senior Palestinian militant …
Read More »Instagram to control teens’ browsing
Instagram will prevent teen users from spending too long scrolling through posts with a particular theme, the social media behemoth announced on Tuesday, adding that the feature was being rolled out across the US, the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Teen users who are devoting what the platform …
Read More »WHO says ‘no evidence’ for boosting children & teens
There is currently no evidence that Covid-19 booster shots should be administered to healthy children and adolescents, the WHO’s top scientists said. The organization is still trying to work out the appropriate booster schedule. “The aim is to protect the most vulnerable, to protect those at highest risk of severe …
Read More »Indian PM Modi announces Covid-19 vaccination for teens
The vaccination campaign for minors aged over 15 will start on January 3, Modi said in a 15-minute-long speech announcing a set of new immunization initiatives that are to be launched in India early next year. The prime minister said that all frontline health workers would also be getting their …
Read More »Unexpected impact of pandemic on US teens revealed
The drop in substance use among teenagers was reported in the annual Monitoring the Future survey commissioned by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). More than 32,000 eighth, 10th, and 12th graders enrolled in 319 public and private schools across the US participated in the survey. Children aged 13 …
Read More »Black teens caught beating up Asians in viral subway VIDEO
A group of girls on board a SEPTA train attacked two others while the train was passing through a tunnel on Wednesday. The footage was apparently shot by a bystander as the train traveled by Erie Station. The video shows one group repeatedly yelling at and punching another group of …
Read More »Taiwan suspends 2nd doses of Pfizer for teens over health risk
A panel of experts made the decision to cease giving the jab to teens on Wednesday, pending further review, according to the country’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Chen Shih-chung. The health authority opted to call a halt to the second jab due to concerns about an increased risk …
Read More »Teens struggling with gender identity don’t just need affirmation, but to be made aware of the consequences too
It’s not easy being young. So many questions need answering, but, nowadays, the amount of information available is enough to confuse even the most self-assured adult, let alone a teenager. When it comes to a matter as complicated as an adolescent’s sexual development, things really become very difficult indeed. Mainstream …
Read More »Facebook ‘fixing’ Instagram after Haugen leak: Nudging teens away from bad content & making Section 230 conditional on censorship
Facebook has been subjected to an onslaught of criticism after its former employee Frances Haugen leaked internal company documents to the press, and accused the tech giant of putting profits before the wellbeing of its users. One of the specific charges was that using Facebook-owned Instagram could be harmful to …
Read More »UK study to test MIXED Covid vaccines on children & teens to determine best approach for 2nd doses
Designed by the Oxford Vaccine Group and dubbed “Com-COV3,” the upcoming trial will recruit 360 volunteers aged 12 to 16 in order to better understand how to distribute second doses to younger age groups. The study comes soon after UK health officials approved Covid vaccinations for kids aged 12 to …
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