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Kids Sick With COVID Are Filling Up Pediatric Hospitals in Areas Seeing Spikes
As vaccination rates lag and the new delta variant surges, COVID infection rates among kids have risen and children’s hospitals are seeing a spike in medical care needs among the young patients, NBC News reports.
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‘I Died and Came Back': 12-Year-Old Recovers From Virus
The parents of a 12-year-old girl from the New Orleans area are overjoyed that their daughter has recovered from a near-death coronavirus infection.
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Mom of ‘Terminally Ill' Child Accused in Her Death
The 2017 death of Olivia Gant, a 7-year-old whose “bucket list” of final wishes evoked heart-touching news stories, wasn’t the result of multiple diseases – it was a murder carried out by her mother, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Monday.
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Mom Who Touted Daughter's ‘Bucket List' Accused in Her Death
A Colorado mother who sought donations to cover medical treatments for her daughter and promoted the girl’s “bucket list” of dreams to fulfill before she died has been indicted on a murder charge in the 7-year-old’s death that was previously believed to be from a terminal disease. In a grand jury indictment revealed Monday, Kelly Renee Turner, 41, also known...
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Stem Cells Mistakenly Destroyed At Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Dozens of children have lost their stem cells after a freezer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles malfunctioned and destroyed their samples, according to the hospital.
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Oakland Appoints First Violence Prevention Chief
Oakland City Administrator Sabrina Landreth announced on Thursday that she has appointed Guillermo Cespedes to be the city’s first permanent chief of violence prevention.
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Palmdale 4-Year-Old Who Died Under Suspicious Circumstances Could Have Been Removed From Parents' Custody
A boy who died Saturday under suspicious circumstances in Palmdale could have been removed from the custody of his parents in May, the NBC4 I-Team has learned.
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County to Host Inaugural LGBTQ Summit to Connect People With Resources
Santa Clara County will host its first LGBTQ Summit Friday with panels, presentations and workshops to educate county residents about LGBTQ resources.
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Boy Nearly Drowns on School Trip to Antioch Water Park
An 11-year-old boy was on a field trip with his class at the city of Antioch-owned water park when he ended face down at the bottom of a pool.
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Man Arrested After Teenage Girl Asks Kentucky Fried Chicken Employees for Help, Says She Was Abducted and Held
A North Texas man police believe abducted an underage girl was arrested after she told workers at a fast food restaurant that she was held against her will and sexually assaulted, police say.
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6-Year-Old Boy Airlifted to Trauma Center After I-80 Crash Near Fairfield: CHP
A 6-year-old boy was injured and had to be extricated from a vehicle in a solo crash on Interstate 80 near Fairfield, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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I-805 Off-Ramp Partially Reopens After Massive Sinkhole Filled
An Interstate 805 off-ramp has partially reopened after days of repairs to fill a massive sinkhole that formed there.
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Cavernous 30-Foot-Deep Sinkhole Shuts Down I-805 Off-Ramp
Repairs to a massive sinkhole that formed on the Interstate 805 off-ramp to Kearny Villa Road stretched into a second day Tuesday, potentially affecting evening commuters, California Highway Patrol said.
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Christmas Magic: Children ‘Fly to the North Pole' at LAX
More than a hundred children from Los Angeles were given the chance to “fly” to the North Pole Wednesday morning in a Delta plane transformed into a holiday winter wonderland.
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Gene-Editing Chinese Scientist Kept Much of His Work Secret
The Chinese scientist who says he helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies veered off a traditional career path, keeping much of his research secret in pursuit of a larger goal — making history. He Jiankui’s outsized aspirations began to take shape in 2016, the year after another team of Chinese researchers sparked global debate with the revelation that they...
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First Gene-Edited Babies Claimed in China
A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics. A U.S. scientist said he took part in the...
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Family Fights to Keep 6-Month-Old Boy on Life Support
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland officials gave a family more time in keeping a 6-month-old boy on life support, and late Monday, the family confirmed he had been transferred to Stanford Hospital.
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Celebrities Flock to Dodger Stadium for Clayton Kershaw's Charity Ping Pong Tournament
Celebrities flocked to Dodger Stadium on Thursday night for the sixth annual “Ping Pong 4 Purpose” charity event presented by Kershaw’s Challenge, the foundation of Clayton and Ellen Kershaw.
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3-Year-Old Boy Injured in Oakland Shooting: Police
A 3-year-old San Leandro boy is listed in stable condition Thursday morning after being injured during a shooting in Oakland Wednesday night, according to police.