Tag: Children
Neuron growth in children ‘leaves no room for memories’
The reason we struggle to recall memories from our early childhood is down to high levels of neuron production during the first years of...
Father poisons children, self over domestic dispute
A man poisoned his four children and later himself following a domestic dispute with his wife in Faisalabad on Monday.
Ramzan, resident of Satiana Road...
Children harbingers of safety: Rescue DG
Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer said school-going children were harbingers of safety and could change specific road behaviours of...
Study pinpoints main solutions and causes of diarrheal diseases in children
A new international study published on Wednesday revealed the impact and common causes of diarrheal diseases, the second leading claimant of children’s lives globally.
The...
Stop giving your children antibiotics
Protecting your child's long-term health may mean not getting a prescription for antibiotics—even in cases of ear and sinus infections, write Jessica and Tim...
Toxic milk claims lives of three children in Nowsheroferoz
At least three children died and seven others were poisoned on Sunday after consuming tea with expired milk poured in it.
Per details, a...
Teacher sues district over her fear of…children
A former teacher near Cincinnati is suing her school district for allegedly discriminating against her illness: a fear of young children. Maria Waltherr-Willard, 61,...
9 more children die of measles in Sindh
Claims of federal and provincial governments and steps taken by health authorities failed to overcome measles as another nine children died of the disease...
‘Violence against children on the rise’
Violence against children is on the rise in Pakistan, said Founder of Madadgaar National Helpline Zia Ahmed Awan speaking at a press briefing here...
2.1 million children to be vaccinated in city
A special vaccination campaign was launched in the city on Saturday to prevent the outbreak of measles epidemic. The campaign will last till January...
29.7pc children underweight in country: NNS
The National Nutrition Survey (NNS) 2011 reported that 29.7 percent children in the country are underweight, with only a minor difference between urban and...
Measles killed 306 children in Pakistan: WHO
The World Health Organization says measles cases surged in southern Pakistan in 2012, with hundreds of children dying of the disease.
The World Health Organization...
Children killed among 20 Syrians in al-Raqqa shellings
At least 20 people, including eight children, have been killed after Syrian army tanks shelled a village in the northern province of al-Raqqa, an...
A ‘dad’ tenth most popular on Christmas request list
A ‘dad’ is tenth most popular Christmas list request for children with youngsters happy to forgo the latest iPad, toy or new pet, a...
Couple, two children die of gas suffocation in Murree
A couple and their two children died due to gas suffocation here on Sunday.
According to sources, the family had come to the hill station...
Fathers to face imprisonment for not sending children to school: Waqqas...
Federal Minister for Education and Trainings Sheikh Waqqas Akram said that fathers who are not sending their children to schools have to face imprisonment...
3.5m Pakistani children miss polio vaccine: WHO
More than 3.5 million Pakistani children missed out on polio vaccination this week in a campaign overshadowed by the deaths of nine immunisation workers,...
