News of kids

UCA: 6 in 10 children and adolescents in Argentina are poor

16-05-2023 15:07 Data from UCA’s influential Observatorio de la Deuda Social indicates that some 8.2 million people aged under 17 were living in poverty at the end of 2022.

Global pandemic

Almost 100,000 children lost parents to Covid in Peru

07-01-2022 12:08 Covid-19 killed at least one parent or primary caregiver for nearly 100,000 children in Peru, its government reported Thursday.

ARGENTINE PONTIFF

Pope Francis: Having pets not kids robs us of 'humanity'

05-01-2022 09:40 Pope Francis risked the ire of the world's childless dog and cat owners Wednesday, suggesting people who substitute pets for kids exhibit "a certain selfishness."

ELECTIONS 2021

Economic hardships take their toll on stomachs – and society

12-11-2021 20:10 In La Boca and other disadvantaged neighbourhoods across the capital, soup kitchens have sprung up on almost every street corner, run by social movements with help from the state.

Covid-19 vaccines

Government approves Sinopharm vaccine for children aged 3 to 11

01-10-2021 21:03 Argentina "will end 2021 with its entire population over three years of age covered and protected,” declares Health Minister Carla Vizzotti.

Covid-19 vaccines

Pfizer says its Covid jab safe for children aged 5 to 11

20-09-2021 14:32 Pfizer and BioNTech says trial results showed their coronavirus vaccine is safe and produces a robust immune response in children aged five to 11.

Coronavirus vaccines

In world first, Cuba starts Covid jabs for toddlers

07-09-2021 11:55 Cuba on Monday became the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against Covid-19, using home-grown jabs.

TECHNOLOGY

China limits children's online gaming to three hours a week

30-08-2021 13:20 China on Monday announced a drastic cut to children's online gaming time to just three hours a week during term time, the latest move in a broad crackdown on tech giants in the world's biggest gaming market.

POVERTY

Study: 7 million children in Argentina live in impoverished households

04-08-2021 15:35 Around seven million, or 63%, of children aged under 14 in Argentina live in low-income households, with social vulnerability especially manifest in the north, a new study has revealed.

Coronavirus pandemic

City Hall: Children will return to schools in August with normal timetables

19-07-2021 17:12 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announces "gradual, careful and progressive" plan to return 700,000 students to in-person classes as schools.