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Fertility: Prostaglandin receptors promote embryo implantation

This could help women struggling with infertility due to implantation issues, and with it the possibility of innovative infertility therapies.

Dr. Tim SandleOctober 15, 2024

State prosecutors taking aim at TikTok argue that features such as beauty filters and 'infinite scrolling' get users to keep using the app despite ill effects

Social Media

US states accuse TikTok of harming young users

A group of 14 US states on Tuesday filed lawsuits accusing TikTok of ensnaring young users with addictive features.

AFPOctober 8, 2024

The hospital said patients who swallowed several magnets risked damage to the stomach and intestines

Social Media

Five Czech kids in hospital over TikTok ‘piercing challenge’

A Prague hospital said it was treating five children who had swallowed magnets following a "piercing challenge" they had found on TikTok.

AFPOctober 5, 2024

Palestinian children salvage items from garbage central Gaza

World

Gaza children ‘extremely impacted’ by war: UNICEF

Nearly a year of devastating war has left Gaza’s 2.4 million people enduring a humanitarian tragedy, with children in the besieged territory the most...

AFPSeptember 30, 2024

Lieve Soens and two fellow 'adoptees' had hopes of an audience with the pope

World

Taken from mother by nuns, victim seeks answers as pope visits Belgium

The stain of Catholic child abuse looms over Pope Francis’s visit to Belgium this week, but a lesser-known scandal still roils the country: the...

AFPSeptember 27, 2024

World

Russia mulls ban on ‘childless propaganda’

Russian MPs on Tuesday called for a ban on promoting childless lifestyles, the latest measures targeting what Moscow depicts as a liberal ideology at...

AFPSeptember 24, 2024

Areej Essam, 17, UNICEF Youth Advocate from Yemen, says investing in children's education will be key to the future

World

‘Lead the future’: youth challenge world leaders at UN

Alaine, Maria, Emmanuel and Areej are speaking up for young people ahead of the UN's annual diplomatic bonanza in New York.

AFPSeptember 23, 2024

Almost 400,000 people have been forced from their homes by floods in Myanmar, piling misery on a population already struggling with more than three years of war

World

Six million children in SE Asia affected by Yagi disaster: UNICEF

Deadly floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have affected nearly six million children across Southeast Asia, the UN said Wednesday, as the death...

AFPSeptember 18, 2024