CHILDREN

Near the epicentre of the quake that struck Afghanistan this week, houses lie in ruins.

The doses have been tailored for young children, at one-quarter of the adult dose for Moderna and one-tenth the adult dose for Pfizer.

Florida is the only state that hasn't pre-ordered COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, and they could start to go out as soon as next week.

All eyes are on Mississippi as the US awaits a Supreme Court decision involving its last abortion clinic.

A prince steals the show, and a surprise encounter with Paddington Bear.

A mother, father and their nine children who live near Dayton lost everything in a house fire Wednesday.

An appeals court ruled that Donald Trump and two of his children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, must comply with subpoenas and testify in a civil investigation by the New York attorney general's office. CBS News investigative reporter Graham Kates shares the latest on "Red and Blue."

The bus mounted a kerb, hit a group of primary school pupils, and crashed into metal fencing.

The England captain's golden boot and his MBE are among the items on display.

Several children were assessed by a school nurse after the air conditioner refrigerant line began leaking inside their school bus on Friday.

The nonprofit Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cameron and Willacy Counties is having it’s first big fundraiser of the year on Friday, a “Totally Awesome 80s Prom” at the Marine Military Academy King Gym in Harlingen. I think people are ready to gather and socialize and what better time to socialize and help support a great cause like CASA,” executive director Dora Martinez said. Prom attire, “or your baddest ’80s outfit” is recommended. Lacey Ambriz, CASA communications director, said last fiscal year Cameron and Willacy counties had 690 children in state custody as being abused or neglected. “He receives the same training as a service dog, his training is a bit more than a registered therapy dog.

Everyone needs a fun, safe spot to play outside right? Of course they do!

A month on after a zinc mine was flooded in Burkina Faso, relatives of those trapped refuse to give up.

Poor design means disabled children cannot use their local playgrounds, say campaigners.

U.S. shelters have already received more than 70,000 unaccompanied migrant children from border officials in fiscal year 2022, according to data obtained by CBS News.

All parents, all people interested in a better future for our state and our country, want the best education possible for our children. Of course, we want them to make the best decisions possible in order to better secure the most successful and peaceful future possible. We want our children to have the best education possible, and that begins with having the best teachers our schools can get. Certainly, most people want the best possible assessment of teachers’ performance, just like they generally approve of standardized testing to evaluate students. Its implementation at a time when we can ill afford more losses in the classrooms, doesn’t seem the best idea.

The blaze destroyed 80 homes after tearing through a crowded settlement near the capital Manila.

Help make learning fun by introducing your children to Homer.

Some children in need of immediate psychiatric care are forced to travel hundreds of miles away to facilities across state lines.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield has long been mired in political shenanigans, but advocates hope a bill just passed by state legislators will lead to better and more transparent institution.

Looking to buy a new car seat for your little one? Target’s car seat trade-in event returns this Saturday at Houston-area Target locations.

The search is on for a missing 7-year-old who family members believe is with his teenage sister.

A three-year-old girl and a boy, aged five, were critically injured in the fire in Preston on Friday.

Some babies have limited vocabularies and struggle to understand facial expressions, a report finds.

Germany says it has brought home 10 women and 27 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected members of the Islamic State group have been held

This is a dramatic decrease from the week ending January 20th of this year.

This is a dramatic decrease from the week ending January 20th of this year.

This is a dramatic decrease from the week ending Jan. 20 of this year.

UNICEF warned about the higher risk for children fleeing the conflict. More than 500 unaccompanied children have crossed from Ukraine into Romania since the Russian invasion began.

Proviso Superintendent James Henderson defended his actions during a heated exchange with school board member Claudia Medina earlier this week, saying it was she who had approached him aggressively.

The parents of four children have been charged after Harris County sheriff’s deputies said three of them were found standing in a roadway Thursday night during a welfare check in Spring.

To study the best way to administer the seizure medication, midazolam, so that fewer children arrive at emergency departments with an ongoing seizure: Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, the Houston Fire Department Emergency Services, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, and UT Health are forming a study called PediDOSE to determine the best way to stop them.

The competition watchdog calls the market for children's home and foster care places "dysfunctional".

A Katy fourth-grader and his mother have started auctioning off toys he’s outgrown in effort to raise money for people in Ukraine.

New York City officials announced the city will no longer take all Social Security checks from children to pay for foster care. Last year NPR and The Marshall Project investigated the common practice.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott have mobilized the powers of the state to harm these sacred children and their families.

MP Alex Davies-Jones says vulnerable people are "preyed on" for the additional fees.

The Duchess of Cornwall tells the BBC she is on a lifelong campaign for domestic violence victims.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is ordering state agencies to investigate reports of transgender children receiving gender-affirming treatment as child abuse."Texas law imposes reporting requirements upon all licensed professionals who have direct contact with children who may be subject to such abuse, including doctors, nurses, and teachers, and provides criminal penalties for failure to report such child abuse." Abbott wrote in a letter to the...

Four-packs of lateral flow tests will be on sale for £17 from Wednesday despite free tests remaining until 1 April.

For any parent, learning that their newborn has a heart defect would be a major shock.

The Scottish government says it has received "draft" advice on vaccinating children from the JCVI.

Childcare centres have embraced apps to monitor kids but not all parents are convinced of the benefits.

In recent months, you’re not the only person who has seen a tragic refrain repeated in Houston-area news: child shot.

A man landed behind bars for attempting to smuggle a woman and her two children through a...

What will my kids call me? Do I want to go through pregnancy, with all the potential for misgendering?

The gene therapy Libmedly treats babies and children with a very rare genetic condition.

There is nothing cuter than little-kid artwork, is there?

Neighbours often resist plans to build new homes, says the Independent Children's Home Association.

"My son had to lose his life at the age of eight... to somebody's irresponsibility," says Tiffani Evans, whose son was killed by a stray bullet coming from a nearby fire exchange while he was playing video games inside a relative's house in Maryland on August 24th, 2021.

Nicholas Languerand was sentenced to {three years and eight months in prison} after assaulting officers at the Capitol last January.

Edie Pilkington, 16, says it was a relief to have the condition confirmed by a private consultant.

Batya Ungar-Sargon makes the case that progressives' 'soft-on-crime' stance most hurts marginalized communities.

Chief Willie Sellars of Williams Lake First Nation said the investigation into the St. Joseph’s Mission school revealed stories of murder and torture.

Kurdish-led forces say they are being used as human shields in the jail they have surrounded in Syria.

Fresh off a round of school closures driven by the omicron variant, Illinois school districts could soon be facing more upheaval as litigation challenging Gov. J.B. Pritkzer’s mask mandate and other COVID-19 protocol lands before a downstate judge.

We’ve reached the Omicron peak in the Houston area. The hope is we will move past it soon.

The study shows early treatment can help toddlers overcome their peanut allergies. (Jan. 20)

Reader once thought their relatives had classy, refined tastes. But as an adult, they realize maybe they were just snobs the whole time.

Orthopedic health is very important to growing children, and one local rehabilitation...

The dispute, which has spanned 14 years and several federal governments, has long been a sticking point in Ottawa's efforts to advance reconciliation with Indigenous people.

Classroom shutdowns set back poor children’s education and kept parents out of the workforce. Don’t let the latest variant make this disaster worse.

September once beckoned like a light on the horizon, with the promise of a full return to in-person school. But for countless families across the country, that hopeful glimmer proved to be more like a mirage, as school systems nationwide have grappled with myriad new challenges this fall.

An Amber Alert has been issued for three children who were reportedly abducted Monday afternoon.

Critical Race Theory is not taught in schools. College professors say it is an overarching theory researched in college-level courses.

Wednesday is the first anniversary of COVID-19 vaccines in our community.

Attention, parents: You know what it’s like to ask your child, “How was your day?” For some, the response sometimes can be, “Fine.” Of course, many of you ask, “What did you do?” Their reply may be, “Nothing.”

Kingwood mom, Elisa Lange, said her six and nine-year-old were thrilled to get their COVID-19 vaccine the first day it was available.

Houston Newsmakers: Abandoned children live for months with body of brother -- How can they get past trauma?

The advice local doctors and the Department of State Health Services are giving parents and legal guardians regarding the COVID-19 vaccine for children is to schedule appointments in advance.

On Friday, a judge raised the bond to $1.5 million for a woman who is accused of leaving her three children abandoned in an apartment with their sibling’s skeletal remains.

An innocent mother of six was killed in a horrific crash, and now her family is praying for justice.

Joseph Spinner is a cardiologist at Texas Children’s Hospital. He’s witnessed COVID-19 do terrible things to some of his patients.

The family of the children who were abandoned in west Harris County are raising the alarm that people are posing as the kids' relatives in order to collect fraudulent donations, KPRC 2 has learned.

With kids back in school and fall sports in full swing, this is the time that sports injuries are more likely to occur.

Are you a fan of Winnie the Pooh, and you just so happen to have $80,000 lying around?

It’s a story we’ve seen play out all too many times on Houston-area streets.

Looking to buy a new car seat for your little one? Target’s car seat trade-in event returns this Saturday at Houston-area Target locations.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a third round of federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) food benefits for families with children who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

All children — not just those who play sports — should be screened for potential heart problems that could lead to a sudden cardiac arrest or death, the American Academy of Pediatrics said Monday.

A man thought to have been the head of the world's largest family — with 39 wives and 94 children, according to Reuters — has died in northeast India, according to officials.

Texas Center for the Missing, Houston's Amber Alert Provider and Clear Channel Outdoor Americas will launch a month-long effort across Houston to help generate leads in the case of the disappearance of Thalia Macias, a 15-year-old who disappeared in December, 2019.

A government watchdog says the Trump administration forced migrant parents to leave the United States without their children under its family separation policy.

An upset mother is looking for answers after her 3-month-old daughter’s arm ended up broken following her first day at daycare in Spring.

Children all across the Houston area are continuing to feel the effects of the pandemic, even as we slowly make our way back to normalcy.

The body pulled from the Mississippi River on Tuesday has been identified as missing LSU freshman Kori Gauthier.

A grandmother and three children lost their lives in a house fire early Tuesday in Sugar Land. Firefighters found the home on Vista Lake Drive engulfed in flames when they responded around 2 a.m. According to officials on scene, a woman and her friend were first found outside the house with burn injuries. Inside the home, firefighters found the grandmother and three children had died. The cause of the fire is unknown, but the neighborhood was without power at the time.

HOUSTON – We are your vaccine central for the latest COVID-19 vaccine updates. COVID vaccine trials for teensHouston is one of 20 cities where Moderna vaccine trials for teens are underway. That’s our hope,” said Dr. Stanley Spinner, the Chief Medical Officer for Texas Children’s Pediatrics and Texas Children’s Urgent Care. How could the COVID-19 vaccine impact other vaccines kids may be scheduled to get? “Currently the recommendations are to not have another vaccine two weeks prior to or two weeks after COVID vaccine is given,” said Spinner.

Baker Institute Doctor is pushing for changeThe pandemic continues to take its toll, hitting families and children particularly hard. Dr. Quianta Moore is a Fellow in Child Health Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. She is a guest on Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall and says the pandemic impact can be felt by the decreased availability of childcare and Pre-K facilities. Among the Baker Institute recommendations to the Biden administration is a push for more funding for those centers because of the role they play in society. “They’re involved in trafficking, they’re doing the worst of the worst and law enforcement is going out of their way.

PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island – How would your kids like to be toy testers? You can sign them up at Hasbro’s FunLab here. The FunLab is Hasbro’s in-house Toy and Game testing research facility, located within Hasbro headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Testers normally have to go to a testing site to participate, but because of the pandemic, the program is virtual. The studies in this program are one-time tests and are scheduled anywhere from one day to one week in advance.

Sometimes you just need a fresh start in the new year. With families looking for just that once the COVID-19 pandemic dies down and moving becomes practical, WalletHub released its report on 2021′s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family. With families looking for just that once the COVID-19 pandemic dies down and moving becomes practical, WalletHub released its report on 2021′s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family. To determine the best states in which to put down family roots, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 52 key indicators of family-friendliness. The data set ranges from the median annual family income to housing affordability to the unemployment rate.

Officials said they have located the four children that were last seen kayaking at Bay Area Park Saturday afternoon. The children were found safe and sound and without any injuries, according to Harris County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. HCSO conducted an active search shortly after 5 p.m. A caller said the children went out kayaking and hadn’t returned yet. The park is located at 7500 Bay Area Blvd. The teens have been located safe and sound, no injuries.

Forrest Burgess is now facing charges of aggravated assault of a family member and felon in possession of a weapon. HOUSTON – A 25-year-old man accused of injuring two children during a crash Tuesday has been identified and charged, according to officials. Forrest Burgess is now facing charges of aggravated assault of a family member and felon in possession of a weapon. UPDATE: The suspect driver, Forrest Burgess, 25, is now charged with aggravated assault of a family member and felon in possession of a weapon. Investigators said the crash happened about 10 a.m. in the 5000 block of South Braeswood near South Rice.

Having a baby, and bringing that baby home from the hospital for the first time as a new parent, is a whirlwind.

HOUSTON – Two children are dead after a crash involving an SUV and a go-kart, according to a local report. KXAS reported that officials in College Mound, about 40 miles outside Dallas, say four others were injured when the SUV, a Chevrolet Equinox, hit the go-kart. Six children were aboard the go-kart when the crash happened around 12:30 p.m. at FM2727 and CR167. KXAS reported a 7-year-old died at the scene and three children were airlifted and two were taken by ground to Children’s Medical Center Dallas. It’s unclear why the go-kart went into the intersection.

They cried loudly, twisting as if in pain, not from disease but from the hunger gnawing away at them. Here, U.N. officials’ increasingly dire warnings that a hunger crisis is growing around the world are becoming reality. U.N. agencies have warned that some 250 million people in 20 countries are threatened with sharply spiking malnutrition or even famine in coming months. The United Nations humanitarian office this week released $100 million in emergency funding to seven countries most at risk of famine — Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Congo, and Burkina Faso. But David Beasley, head of the World Food Program, says billions in new aid are needed.

I got really tired.”Family shocked by COVID-19 related complicationThinking they just needed fluids, the family headed to Texas Children’s Hospital. “It’s really very rare that kids get really sick from the heart perspective,” said Dr. Silvana M. Molossi, Texas Children’s Pediatric Cardiologist. So, he was sent to a first-of-its-kind clinic with Texas Children’s Sports Cardiologists and other experts. We gathered questions related to COVID and MIS-C and asked experts from Texas Children’s Hospital to help us bring you answers. “There is no-one who knows better your child than you - as a mom or you as a parent,” Dr. Molossi said.