Is fluoride in water toxic? Here's what decades of research tells us
By Ellen Phiddian
Large studies conclude there is no evidence to back up community concerns that fluoride in water at recommended levels may affect the cognition or IQ of children.
#DentalCare #ChildrensHealth #MedicalResearch #ScientificResearch #EllenPhiddian
"Although a majority of Americans are confident that childhood vaccines are highly effective against serious illness, Republicans’ trust in vaccine safety and support of school requirements is dropping, according to new polling from Pew Research Center."
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/childhood-vaccine-safety-americans-trust/
#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #CDC #HHS #misinformation #ChildrensHealth #USpol
Asbestos sand contamination was a fluke discovery in an Australian lab
By Josh Robertson and Michael Atkin
An Australian lab discovered asbestos in children's play sand by chance and regulators only found out about it because of a podcast interview, the ABC can reveal.
#Asbestos #RegulatoryAuthorities #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #ChildrensHealth #JoshRobertson #MichaelAtkin
Families flock to hazard testing lab amid asbestos sand concerns
By Cason Ho
Concerned families and retailers are inundating a materials testing laboratory with enquiries, since news broke that asbestos had been detected in decorative and coloured sand for children.
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s panel of federal vaccine advisors is set to discuss and potentially vote on changing the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants when they next meet on Dec. 4."
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5604133-hepatitis-b-vaccine-schedule-change/
#PublicHealth #hepatitisB #HepB #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #VaccineSchedule #ChildrensHealth #insurance #HHS #ACIP
"'Rural maternity care is in a state of crisis, and more women and babies in rural communities will die unnecessarily until the crisis is resolved,' the CHQPR wrote in its report (PDF) while calling out the U.S.’ substantially worse maternal and infant mortality rates compared to other high-income countries."
#healthcare #RuralHealth #hospitals #obstetrics #ReproHealth #pregnancy #WomensHealth #ChildrensHealth #MaternalMortality #InfantMortality #PublicHealth
More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the total number of closures since the end of 2020 to 116, according to the C | A recent report tallied 27 completed or planned labor and delivery unit closures in 2025 among hospitals with rural designations, up from 21 last year. Just 41% of the country's rural hospitals now provide the services.
Stark reality of Kununurra's social issues laid bare
By Giulia Bertoglio
With young people in Kununurra making news for the wrong reasons over the last month, a police patrol shows the stark reality for children on the streets.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/kununurra-youth-issues-community-wa/105975842
#Children #ChildrensHealth #SocialProblems #Crime #Police #IndigenousAustralians #GiuliaBertoglio
"An umbrella review of nine systematic reviews published today in BMJ shows no link between maternal acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy and autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/tylenol-use-pregnancy-not-tied-autism-adhd-review-shows
#PublicHealth #acetaminophen #paracetamol #Tylenol #autism #ReproHealth #pregnancy #ChildrensHealth
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