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Takeaways from a hearing include: senators are frustrated with Instagram for not moving more quickly to protect young users and the CEO maintains the platform does more good than harm.
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Children and young adults were already facing a mental health crisis before the pandemic, says Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. During the pandemic, rates of anxiety and depression have only increased.
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The social media platform announced ways to help its youngest users and their parents a day before the app's head, Adam Mosseri, is to testify about Instagram's potential risks to kids and teens.
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Activists say menstrual products are a basic necessity that shouldn't require a long walk to the school nurse's office, and that providing them is key to removing the stigma of periods.
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Moderna says the FDA is looking into reports of a rare side effect — myocarditis, or the inflammation of the heart muscle — in those who've gotten the shot.
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It's grabbed a lot of headlines, but the evidence on social media and teen mental health — including that Facebook and Instagram research — is far from a smoking gun.
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This is a community-involved living FAQ guide for parents, guardians, young adults and kids who have questions about the COVID-19 vaccines. This living guide will be updated when information changes, or when we have a physician or expert address questions submitted by the community.
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The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on kids' mental health.
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One in five teens within the U.S. reportedly struggle to afford menstrual products.
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Local teachers' unions were in strong support of a vaccine mandate for students, a district spokesman told NPR.