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The unusual layout of this clinic is designed to help children with chronic pain

Fast Company Tech

To help children experiencing chronic pain, a new kind of clinical space has been created that goes way beyond handing out medication. Photo: NBBJ/courtesy UCSF] It was specifically designed in a way to start the healing before children even see the first doctor, says Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf, medical director of the Stad Center.

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5 tips to help nonprofits meet unforeseen challenges 

Candid

At Save the Children, we often have difficult conversations about exit ramps from communities where we have worked for decades. Save the Children draws funding from a range of sources: individual donors, corporations, foundations, multilateral institutions, and government agencies. We raise significant funds from the U.S.

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Parents give kids more melatonin than ever, with unknown long-term effects

Ars Technica

Then she took out her phone and snapped a photo to send to colleagues back home. Doctors are supposed to prescribe it to children only if they have certain developmental disorders that make it difficult to sleepand only after the family has tried other methods to address the problem.

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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

AP Photo/Joshua A. Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer. New volunteers get trained in Lexington, Ky., to help out at CASA of Lexington in April 2023. Does that sound far-fetched? Theres scientific research backing it up.

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Apple will reportedly scan photos stored on iPhones and iCloud for child abuse imagery

The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Apple plans to scan photos stored on iPhones and iCloud for child abuse imagery, according the Financial Times. neuralMatch, which was trained using 200,000 images from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, will roll out first in the US.

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Meta-funded program teaches tweens about online exploitation

Mashable Tech

SEE ALSO: Parents need to talk to their kids about this online danger right now Childhelp, a leading child safety non-profit organization, developed the curriculum in partnership with Meta, and in consultation with other topic experts, including the Department of Homeland Security and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Facebook puts tighter restrictions on vaccine misinformation targeted at children

The Verge

Just as the FDA officially approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids between the ages of five and 11, Meta, Facebook’s brand new identity , announced that it’s rolling out stricter policies for vaccine misinformation targeted at children (via Engadget ). Photo by Facebook.

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