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The virus primarily affects infants and young children, but there have also been outbreaks in elderly populations, such as nursing homes.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026 -
According to the report, rent, daycare for infants, and transportation are among the highest costs.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Yazbek is studying medicine and is living with her family among strangers in the refugee camp, trying to study on her iPad while kids play tag in the halls.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Instead, make plans for future vacations, fun outings and anything to do with playful activities with kids or sports.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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The California Department of Public Health recommends that everyone ages 6 months and up should have access to the vaccine, and that those at higher risk of severe illness should get immunized — including older adults, pregnant women and infants and toddlers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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All ages are welcome, from toddlers to grandparents, according to the zoo.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
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While existing law prevents health care providers from providing gender affirming procedures for minors, the bill would bar them from performing, attempting to perform, or referring a minor for this care.—
Emma Murphy,
Oklahoma Voice,
31 Mar. 2026
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Regeneron also gained Food and Drug Administration approval on April 23 for its gene therapy, Otarmeni, which will be prescribed to treat a rare type of hearing loss that afflicts about 50 newborns in the United States each year.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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The team at Kittens In The Mitten immediately began working to stabilize the fragile newborn.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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For studies measuring neonates’ looking time at faces, this included 667 infants, half of them boys and half of them girls.—
Lise Eliot,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Roger that While most youngsters growing up in New York in the late 1950s and early 1960s were Mickey Mantle fans, Strasberg gravitated to Maris.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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According to The Times of India, women, youngsters and some elderly people were thought to be in the sheds.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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But after one parent was killed by a merlin — a small falcon that lives throughout the Great Lakes region — the nest’s eggs were taken to the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston, where veterinarians hatched and reared the chicks, Pepper included.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Italy will ban the killing of male chicks starting in 2027, ending the deaths of 34 million birds every year.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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