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- MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press
One Ohio hospital has started checking literacy skills during visits for kids as young as 3 to help spot reading struggles early and coach parents on simple home habits.
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A new study suggests that babies can distinguish between objects at 2 months old, earlier than scientists previously thought.
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About 50,000 children under 5 go to ERs each year after swallowing medicine unintentionally.
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These toys, marketed to kids as young as 2, are often powered by AI models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which have been shown to harm children and teenagers.
The outbreak has sickened at least 13 infants in 10 states. No deaths have been reported.
A study that upended medical practice by recommending feeding babies peanut products early to prevent allergies has had a big effect in the real world.
Some school systems don't offer bus service. In other cases, the available options don't work for families.
The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO alleging ChatGPT coached the boy in planning and taking his own life.
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