Kids
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Jake’s mice: Searching for answers to the puzzle of autism
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Litvag leaned in for a closer look as a lab mouse scurried around an enclosure,…
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‘The Eleven’: Women in Missouri Senate see new book as example of bipartisanship
The women of the Missouri Senate are telling their own stories through a forthcoming children’s book that chronicles the journeys…
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Pandemic poses short- and long-term risks to babies, especially boys
The pandemic has created a hostile environment for pregnant people and their babies. Stress levels among expectant mothers have soared. Pregnant women with the…
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Victims of domestic abuse find no haven in family courts
The #MeToo movement may have shifted the balance of credibility on sexual abuse and harassment at work more toward victims and away…
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More children being diagnosed with autism, study finds
New autism numbers released Thursday suggest more U.S. children are being diagnosed with the developmental condition and at younger ages.…
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Schools, pediatricians look to make up lost ground on non-COVID vaccinations
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Melissa Blatzer was determined to get her three children caught up on their routine immunizations on a…
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SLPS students, families can get first COVID-19 shots at Vashon clinic
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Public School District and the Urban League of Greater Metropolitan St. Louis are hosting…
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City health department to host pediatric vaccine virtual town hall
ST. LOUIS – The city’s health department is planning a virtual town hall on COVID-19 vaccination of children ages 5-11,…
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Parson is replacing leader of Missouri’s child advocacy agency
After 10 years leading the state agency that investigates complaints against Missouri’s Children’s Division, Kelly Schultz’s final day on the…
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New director vows changes at Missouri’s troubled social services department
The new acting director of Missouri’s troubled Department of Social Services pledged to lawmakers Tuesday that he would work to…
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New funds, strategy may boost ‘massive task’ of reducing lead exposure
It’s clear that lead exposure is a problem for Missouri’s children. An estimated 4.5% have elevated levels of lead in their…
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Will children count? State panels debate new House, Senate districts
Before slavery ended in 1865, large numbers of Missourians didn’t count in the population base used to allocate the seats…
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Schools debate: Gifted and talented, or racist and elitist?
NEW YORK (AP) — Communities across the United States are reconsidering their approach to gifted and talented programs in schools…
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Shipments of COVID-19 shots for children ages 5-11 on the way to states
WASHINGTON — Regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization on Friday to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for 5-…
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Simple safety tips for 2021 Halloween trick-or-treating
The air is getting chillier, pumpkins are perched on porches and children across the country are planning their spooky costumes.…
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FDA panel backs Pfizer’s low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers…
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COVID-19 vaccines for ages 5 to 11 could be ready as soon as next week
WASHINGTON — The next wave of the massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign could begin as soon as next week, after federal regulators…
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‘Down to my last diaper’: the anxiety of parenting in poverty
For parents living in poverty, “diaper math” is a familiar and distressingly pressing daily calculation. Babies in the U.S. go…
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Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers…
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Families with disabled children in limbo as Missouri aid program remains stalled
The seizures started hours after Gabriella Cotton was born. In the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital,…
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Lawmakers seethe at Missouri agency over failure to report missing foster children
Exasperated lawmakers slammed leaders of the Missouri Department of Social Services this week, accusing them of passing off blame for…
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Program to aid disabled children isn’t yet operating
A state lawmaker who helped secure nearly $3 million in funding to launch a pilot program to provide medically fragile…
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More than 80% of Missouri children have lead in their blood, study finds
Children in Missouri had elevated levels of lead in their blood at a greater rate than almost any other state,…
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Missouri schools adapt as labor shortages upend meal supply chain
Shawndra Taylor had just 12 hours’ notice when the first truck canceled. It was to have contained food to help…
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Biden rule to shield ‘Dreamers’ seeks to bypass Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration renewed this week its efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who…
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Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5-11 may be available in November
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-19…
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Orphaned, infected, in crisis: How the pandemic is traumatizing children
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic has brought heartbreaking consequences for millions of U.S. children, even as most avoided serious illness themselves,…
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COVID-19 vaccine works in children ages 5-11, Pfizer reports
Pfizer said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S.…
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GOP Missouri lawmaker blasts Parson’s veto of funding to combat child sex abuse
Missouri Rep. Randy Pietzman nearly choked on his words as he tried Wednesday to explain why $300,000 means so much…
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Sixth child dies of COVID in Missouri as official vows change
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s new health czar lamented that the pandemic had become so embroiled in politics as another…
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