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Eating just 2 cannabis gummies can put small kids at risk of toxic effectsA study of a Colorado hospital network pinpoints the threshold of THC exposure that poses a danger to young children.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
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RSV: Symptoms, treatments, antibodies and vaccinesIn healthy children and adults, RSV typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but it can cause more serious disease in infants, young kids and older people.
By Rachael Rettner Last updated
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Rare gold coins and cremated infants were possible sacrificial gifts to the ancient gods of CarthageFive gold coins unearthed from a temple in ancient Carthage depict the goddess Tanit and were likely left by wealthy worshippers alongside burials as an offering to deities.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Australia's 'worst female serial killer' freed after her children's deadly gene mutations come to lightNew research has revealed that the children of Kathleen Folbigg each had genetic mutations that could explain their deaths.
By Harry Baker Published
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Doctors identify never-before-seen genetic mutations that led to 2 children's insatiable hungerTwo children developed insatiable hunger and severe obesity due to rare genetic mutations, their doctors reported.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
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300,000-year-old footprints reveal extinct humans went on a lakeside family outing among giant elephants and rhinosFootprints belonging to Homo heidelbergensis adults and children suggest that these human relatives foraged and played on the shores of a lake where prehistoric beasts gathered to drink.
By Sascha Pare Published
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In rare attack, dingo repeatedly bites and holds girl underwater. (Luckily she survived.)The 6-year-old girl is in a stable condition following the attack by an untagged male dingo while she was swimming on K'gari, or Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Elementary schoolers prove EpiPens become toxic in space — something NASA never knewIt took a group of elementary school students to teach NASA that EpiPens can turn toxic in space.
By Jennifer Nalewicki Published
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Childhood obesity should be treated early and aggressively, new guidelines say. Is that safe?The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines for treating kids and teens with obesity.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
