Children

Children’s physical experiences help them learn new words. Credit: Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio For adults, communicating in our first language feels easy and natural. Yet learning language is a complex process that is influenced by several factors. …

The Drugs Controller General of India has given restricted emergency use authorisation to BharatBiotech's Covaxin for children between the age of 6-12 years, according to sources. This development comes following recommendations by the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Covid-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO). The SEC had last week reviewed the application of both the companies seeking emergency use authorisation for Corbevax and Covaxin for use…

1. When was it first reported and how many have been affected so far?  The first U.S. cases were identified at an Alabama hospital in October 2021, when five children were admitted with liver damage from an unknown cause. The World Health Organization was notified on April 5 about 10 cases in previously healthy children in Scotland. Three days later, 74 cases had been identified in the U.K.  Most of the 169 cases have been detected in the U.K. - at 114 as of April 21 - followed by 13 in Spain,…

A policy advocacy group has sought a regulatory framework for skill-based online gaming to protect children and weed out unscrupulous offshore players.Chase India has released a paper highlighting the need for "unified" framework for the online skill-based games ecosystem."A clear and sound national regulatory framework for skill-based online gaming will protect children, consumers, ensure the growth of the 'sunrise' sector while keeping at bay illegal actors operating from overseas in the space," the group said in the…

Six out of 10 children aged between eight years to 12 years are subject to cyber risks online, shows a study by cybersecurity firm Surfshark. The number of cybercrimes against children is rising sharply each year and with the sudden rise in remote schooling, it surged by 144 percent in 2020, notes the report. One in two children face cyberbullying, and around one-third come across phishing or hacking. In the US, around 12 million children were exposed to cyber risks in the past three years. The report suggests that…