Eight healthy babies have been born in the U.K. using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/science-health/ivf-trial-baby-diseases/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #parenthood #children #uk
RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization
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Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
joene 🏴🍉
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@palestine
#gaza #palestinian #children #palestine #civilians #siblings #parents #children #loss #suffering #pain #deaths #killings #endisraelswarcrimes#stopisrael#childmurder
Mahmoud Sohaib Al-Qarinawi (8), a Palestinian boy who was #MurderedbyIsrael.
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One in 10 Gaza children screened in UNRWA clinics has been malnourished, the agency said on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/palestinian-children-malnourished-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #children #hunger #malnutrition #un #unicef #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #unrwa
A growing number of children in single-parent households are eating two meals or fewer a day during school holidays, according to a survey by Tokyo-based nonprofit Good Neighbors Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/lunch-summer-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #children #schools #poverty
A group chat that teachers allegedly used to share illicit images of elementary school girls has reignited the question: Is Japan facing a systemic failure to protect children from predatory educators? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/teachers-students-sexual-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #schools #students #children #sexcrimes #mext #teachers #sexualharassment #childporn
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Los Angeles Daily News : "In a scene described as "barbaric"— some two dozen children with their hands chained were videotaped shuffling single file in ICE custody.
Jorge-Mario Cabrera of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles said that its attorneys had confirmed details posted with the video.
The attorneys contacted the children and planned to represent them—adding the children were not accompanied by their parents."
--Jeffrey St Clair
#ice #gestapo #fascism #immigration #trump #children #childabuse
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At least 8 #Palestinians, most of them #children, were killed & over a dozen others were wounded in #Gaza on Sunday in an #Israel missile strike.
The #IDF said it had intended to hit an Islamic Jihad militant in the area but that a malfunction had caused the missile to fall "dozens of metres from the target".
The strike hit a water distribution point in Nuseirat #refugee camp, killing 6 children & injuring 17 others, said Ahmed Abu Saifan, an emergency physician.
Before the war in Ukraine, the Tupkalenko brothers played with miniature cars at home, like many boys their age. Today, plastic guns are the favored toys. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/world/society/ukraine-war-childhood-scars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #russiaukrainewar #children #mentalhealth
Reports of child sexual abuse imagery created using artificial intelligence tools have surged 400% in the first half of 2025, according to data from a U.K.-based nonprofit organization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/11/tech/ai-child-abuse-webpage-surge-alarm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #children #childabuse #internet
Even by the Govt.'s child poverty is rising and around 1.6m children live in families who are worse off due to the two child benefit cap... and still they will not remove it.
Its a policy intended by the Tories to punish the 'feckless' poor & as such should have been a priority to remove... that it hasn't is yet one more (continuing) disappointment.
What possible reason would a Labour party continue this policy?
(well we know the answer, really).
#Children #poverty
https://theconversation.com/over-1-6-million-children-live-in-families-made-poorer-by-the-two-child-limit-on-benefits-new-data-260449
An Israeli airstrike hit Palestinians near a medical center in the Gaza Strip, killing 10 children and six adults as ceasefire talks dragged on with no immediate deal expected. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/world/israel-gaza-truce-far-off/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #israel #hamas #palestinians #gaza #children
joene 🏴🍉
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We need to destroy the Western colonial establishment. It finances and fuels a #genocide against CHILDREN. All their "arguments" are against the lives of Palestinians and against the demands of their population.
"MSF survey shows almost half of people killed are children #Gaza
"Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have conducted research, known as a retrospective mortality survey, that reveals the appalling death rate of Israel’s all-out war on #Gaza, especially among #children.
This survey of #MSF staff and their families is consistent with conflict-related figures provided by the Gazan Ministry of Health.
Compared to pre-7 October Ministry of Health estimates, the mortality rate was five times higher among the population surveyed. For children under five, mortality increased tenfold. For babies less than one month, the mortality rate was six times higher....""
https://todon.eu/@autonomysolidarity/114824454990827181
#IsraelTerroristState #IsraelWarCrimes #warcrimes #crimesagainsthumanity
@israel @palestine
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#Migration
#Frontex
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#Migration
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"…and the European Union has probably rarely communicated in a more disgusting way: inhumane, heartless and shameful."
-And the handcuffs your father might be wearing are perfectly normal. "This will keep him and the others safe," the brochure reassures.
>Frontex children's book: Oh, how beautiful is deportation
-A colorful adventure and an exciting start to a new life. This is how the EU border agency Frontex sells children and young people their deportation in a perfidious brochure. If that doesn't make you shudder with disgust, you have no heart.
A commentary.
-"In 2023, the EU border agency Frontex published a brochure entitled "My Guide to Return," designed to prepare children and young people for their deportation. Until yesterday, the publication remained unknown to the general public. This is surprising.
Because it's a cynical work of contempt for humanity. Using euphemistic words and supposedly child-friendly language, it trivializes the ripping of minors from their lives—in illustrated advice book format.
It's a book full of innocent smiles, but in reality, ice-cold pseudo-humanitarianism, in which the traumatizing deportation is sold as an adventure and a chance for a new beginning. Deportation – but totally nice, totally colorful, totally child-friendly. The book even presents the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Because you should know your rights.
“Excited about this big change”
On page 1, a plane taking off bears the text "This book belongs to: ..." After Mohammed, Tanisha, or Marija have written their names there, deportation is imminent. Of course, that's not what they call it in child-friendly, human rights-based Europe.
“You may have been told that you have to move and live in your family’s home country,” it says, trivializing the uprooting and coercive measure that the child and his family face."
Because:
-" It is not possible for you and your family to stay and live in this country at the moment. Even if you would prefer to stay here, unfortunately that is not possible at the moment. This means that you will have to return to your family's home country. This is a big change for you. You may not remember your family's home country. You may be sad about having to leave your friends or school. [..] Or perhaps you are looking forward to seeing friends and family in your family's home country and are excited about this big change."
-The European Enlightenment continues: information is everything: “The more you know about it, the better prepared you are for this major change in your life.”
"Because soon the big, colorful adventure of returning home begins. But "before you return to your home country with your family, you may stay in a facility with other families waiting to leave. You may be allowed to leave the facility, but you may not be allowed to."
And if you and your family aren't allowed to leave the "facility," then that's what the courteous adults "whose job it is to help you and your family" will definitely say. In the next chapter, "How to Get to the Airport," they are also the friendly but firm face of the country you now, unfortunately, have to leave. "These escorts may be wearing a special vest so you can identify them. They're there to help you. That's their job."
"What color will the vest be," the friendly escorts will be wearing? At the airport, the colorful journey into the unknown continues. "There may be escorts waiting with your family. You can ask them questions. If you need anything, they might be able to help you." But maybe not.
And the handcuffs your father might be wearing are perfectly normal. "This will keep him and the others safe," the brochure reassures.
"You might see someone in handcuffs. That way, he and the others will be safe."
After the flight, it's time to arrive. "When you arrive in your family's home country, your family will get off the plane together." And then, according to Frontex, a new life awaits you in a country where you'll have so much to experience and learn. You don't have to be afraid, because you'll discover delicious new sweets and foods. You'll have nice teachers and friends. And the wonderful new life that the European Union has already prepared you for in such a magical way in its brochure. How wonderful it all is!
Text of the brochure: "In your family's country, you will experience and learn many things that are new and completely different. For example, a new house, a new school, a different language, and different food. Learning new things is always exciting, so don't be afraid to discover new things—perhaps nice new teachers, nice new friends, or delicious new sweets. This new life may also make you sad or angry. Maybe you're worried, too. All of these feelings are normal. You'll need a little time to get used to them. That's normal. But remember: Your family is there and can help you. If you feel like it, talk about your feelings with someone you trust and like."
And as if all that weren't enough, the booklet also contains an encouraging saying that could have come from a fortune cookie: "No one knows what the future holds, but one thing is certain: You shape your own future." In a country you didn't even want to go to. But whatever.
Because you also have the poetry album from the brochure, in which you can have your friends write or draw the flag of your new homeland yourself. There are coloring pictures, a page for new vocabulary, and even a puzzle section. Deportation has never been so colorful...
…and the European Union has probably rarely communicated in a more disgusting way: inhumane, heartless and shameful.
text: “Nobody knows what the future holds, but one thing is certain: you shape your own future."
in German below
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/frontex-kinderbuch-oh-wie-schoen-ist-abschiebung/