The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has implemented even stricter mask rules for school children, now requiring students to wear surgical and other high-grade face coverings over more comfortable cloth masks. The school district announced that from Monday, “masking will be required at all times, indoors and outdoors,” and …
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 »The Pope should lay off those who choose not to have children
Earlier this week, the pontiff told an audience at the Vatican, “We see that some people do not want to have a child. Sometimes they have one, and that’s it, but they have… dogs and cats that take the place of children.” But he didn’t stop there. “A man or woman …
Read More »‘One of the worst fires’ in New York history leaves 19 dead, including children – reports
A five-alarm fire at a high-rise apartment building has left at least 19 people dead and dozens more critically injured in the New York borough of the Bronx, according to US media. Many are hospitalized with smoke inhalation. The fire broke out on the third floor of the 19-story building …
Read More »Thousands rally against vaccination of children (VIDEOS)
Thousands of maskless demonstrators took to the streets of Melbourne on Saturday to decry the Australian government’s decision to greenlight Covid-19 vaccines for children as young as five. Despite the rainy weather, the ‘Save Our Children’ protest attracted a huge crowd in the central business district in the capital of …
Read More »Supreme Court Justice fact-checked after Covid-19 children claims
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has received backlash as well as fact-checks after she claimed during Friday’s oral arguments that more than 100,000 children were in “serious condition” from Covid-19. Sotomayor’s estimations during oral arguments on President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates were way off base, as fewer than 5,000 children …
Read More »New symptom of Omicron in young children revealed
American scientists have identified a new symptom of the Omicron variant in children under five; a “barking” cough that may sound frightening when parents hear it. According to Dr. Buddy Creech, a pediatric infectious diseases expert at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, some Covid patients in the youngest …
Read More »Devastating US rowhouse fire leaves seven children dead
A massive early-morning fire in Philadelphia engulfed a building with two apartments, killing at least 13 people and injuring two. All smoke detectors in the rowhouse apparently didn’t work. The fire started on the second story at around 6.30am on Wednesday and was brought under control about an hour later, …
Read More »Canada agrees to ‘historic reparations’ for 200,000 indigenous children
The Canadian government has reached a “milestone” $31-billion settlement to compensate indigenous children and families harmed by the “discriminatory underfunding” of the child welfare system on First Nations reservations. Two in-principle agreements – relating to compensation for more than 200,000 affected children dating back to 1991, and to future reform …
Read More »Judge blocks vax & mask mandate for low-income children
A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine and mask mandate from being enforced at a program for low-income families, deeming the requirement for children to be masked and staff vaccinated unconstitutional. Judge James ‘Wesley’ Hendrix ruled on Friday that the Department of Health’s vaccine and mask requirement for …
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