Three health stories are converging with a common thread: The power of prevention. CLEVELAND — When heart care comes to you, lives are saved For people living in rural and semi-rural communities, getting specialized medical care often means long drives, delayed diagnoses, and worse outcomes. A new study is putting hard numbers behind what many already...Read More

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Mississippi is adding another layer of protection for kids online. Gov. Tate Reeves has signed the Keeping Kids Safe Online Act into law. Brian Montgomery lost his son, Walker, in a sextortion scheme. A law passed in Walker’s name in 2024 is still being challenged in court. Montgomery said that the...Read More

Today, because of the expiry of the ePrivacy derogation enabling the use of technology to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM), Europe risks leaving children across the globe less protected from the most abhorrent harm. This concern is shared by a group of almost 250 child rights organizations and many others. For years, a number...Read More

SOCIAL MEDIA MEETING: ‘We owe it to parents, and to the next generation, to put children’s safety first — because they won’t forgive us if we don’t,’ Keir Starmer said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was to hold talks yesterday with representatives from social media firms to press them to do more to keep children...Read More

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Healthy Heroes Day returned to Gainesville, and UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital brought together local organizations to share child safety tips with families. Nearly into its 15th year, the event partnered with groups including Safe Kids North Central Florida and the Children’s Trust of Alachua County to offer hands-on demonstrations and...Read More

As kids spend their time off from school in the snow-covered streets, local officials warned about serious injuries that could be caused by the slick conditions. Many are enjoying the opportunity to sled down local hills, but after reports about a 16-year-old from Frisco dying from a sledding accident emerged, officials want to make sure...Read More

(CN) — The state of New Mexico opened a projected 8-week trial on Monday, claiming Meta made false statements about its efforts to improve child safety and remove bad actors on its main social media platforms Instagram and Facebook. State attorney Donald Migliori told a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates in a Santa...Read More

BRUSSELS (CN) — The European Union opened a formal child safety investigation into Snapchat on Thursday, putting the app in the same regulatory crosshairs as Pornhub, XVideos and other major pornographic websites — simultaneously found in breach of the bloc’s internet content law. The targets — Snapchat, PornHub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos — all stand...Read More

Roblox has agreed to a $10 million settlement with Nevada and will roll out new child-safety measures across the gaming platform, the state’s attorney general announced Wednesday. Attorney General Aaron Ford said Nevada was preparing to sue over its contention that Roblox lacks basic safeguards to protect minors from predators and exploitation. Instead, the...Read More

What do these ingredients do to the body? Aside from the risk of dependence, the possible adverse effects documented by The Dark Side of Energy Drinks study include anxiety, gastrointestinal disturbances, dehydration and tachycardia – the medical term for when heart rate still exceeds 100 beats per minute despite being at rest. Some of this...Read More