Does your kid cry unnecessarily? A recent study finds why and how to stop itA recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that frequent use of mobile phones and tablets by young children may contribute to inc...
16 Sep, 2024, 02.58 PM IST
Study links COVID-19 to faster onset of type 1 diabetes symptoms in childrenA recent study published in JAMA suggests that children with both COVID-19 and early type 1 diabetes may show symptoms of the autoimmune di...
16 Jul, 2024, 03.32 PM IST
"Deliberate, malicious attempt...": India refutes study claiming 6.7 million children without food in country"Zero-food children" are children between 6 and 23 months old who did not consume any milk, formula, or food in the last 24 hours. A Harvar...
12 Mar, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
Research finds Omicron-infected children remain infectious for 3 daysChildren infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 remain infectious for an average of three days after testing positive, according to ...
24 Oct, 2023, 06.14 PM IST
Children infected with Omicron Covid variant remain infectious for 3 days: StudyA study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and Stanford University in the US found that children infec...
24 Oct, 2023, 02.26 PM IST
Covid spread in over 70% of US households started with a child: StudyDuring most of the pandemic, the proportion of transmission from children was negatively correlated with new community Covid-19 cases.
05 Jun, 2023, 12.58 PM IST
Children, who have inhibitions & fears, more likely to develop depression & social anxietyA new study says a child's temperament may be an early risk factor for depression & anxiety.
27 Oct, 2022, 01.50 PM IST
Pandemic has played havoc with children's health as screen time increasedThe decline in children's physical activity was tied to COVID-19 restrictions.
15 Jul, 2022, 08.23 PM IST
Diabetes patients have four times higher risk of developing long Covid symptoms like brain fog & depressionDiabetes is a potential risk factor for long Covid.
10 Jun, 2022, 11.09 AM IST
Omicron more likely to cause upper airway infections among children, reveals new studyThe highly transmissible variant is known to cause lower severity disease than the Delta variant, the researchers noted.
18 Apr, 2022, 06.22 PM IST
Omicron variant less severe than Delta for children younger than 5 years: StudyThe research, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, is the first large-scale study to compare the health outcomes of coronavirus infect...
04 Apr, 2022, 01.05 PM IST
Covid antibodies found in breast milk of vaccinated, infected mothers, says studyThe researchers collected samples from 77 mothers -- 47 in the infected group, 30 in the vaccine group.
15 Nov, 2021, 06.28 PM IST
Are the kids safe? Children may not be as immune to Covid-19 as we thinkData on children as sources of coronavirus spread are sparse.
31 Jul, 2020, 06.31 PM IST
Coronavirus decoded: Here's why children are at a lower risk of Covid-19 infection as compared to adultsChildren account for less than two per cent of identified cases of Covid-19.
25 May, 2020, 10.15 AM IST
Keep your toddler away from smartphones & tablets; screen time habits may kick off earlyBy age 8, children were more likely to log the highest amount of screen time.
26 Nov, 2019, 04.55 PM IST
A dog at home can keep asthma in kids awayThe new study showed that children who grew up with dogs had about 15 percent less asthma than children without dogs.
03 Nov, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Firstborns more likely to be nearsightedFirstborn children have a higher risk of developing nearsightedness partly because parents may be more invested in the education of their e...
11 Oct, 2015, 04.22 PM IST