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The Kentucky House passed a bill meant to crack down on electronic cigarette sales to minors
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal electronic cigarette sales to young people and keeping unauthorized vaping products out of stores won passage in the Kentucky House… Read More
![This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies sued Ohio on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 over a pending law that requires children to get parental consent to use social media apps.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24005836447288-e1704556026514-900x422.jpg)
A judge has blocked the enforcement of an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media amid litigation
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge extended a block on enforcement Monday of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social… Read More
![Alyson Stoner, former Disney star from the Toledo area, speaks to reporters about the need for a law to protect kid influencers on social media](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/npr.brightspotcdn-2-e1704924050497-900x422.webp)
A former Disney star and Ohio’s House Democrats push for a law to protect earnings of “kidfluencers”
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There are laws in Ohio to protect the earnings of child actors who appear on stage or in television shows. Now, some Democratic state… Read More
![A school bus in a parking lot with its door open](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shutterstock_669670867-e1672866988953-900x422.jpg)
Cost is at the center of a debate over requiring seatbelts on school buses in Ohio
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Aiden Clark, 11, died on his first day of school, when one of the many school buses on its way to Northwestern Local Schools… Read More
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States sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook fueled youth mental health crisis
By: Bobby Allyn | NPR
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Updated October 24, 2023 at 4:28 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — A group of more than 40 states sued Meta on Tuesday, accusing the social media giant of designing products… Read More
![A school cafeteria sits empty.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/elementary-school-cafeteria-rob-byron-shutterstock-scaled-e1663623315716-900x422.jpg)
A USDA policy change allows more Ohio schools to serve free meals, but advocates say many won’t
By: Alejandro Figueroa | WYSO
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WYSO) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently changed a policy that could allow more Ohio schools to serve free meals. But advocates say it may not be… Read More
![A swing sits empty on a playground outside in Providence, R.I. There is a big brick school building behind it.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ap22054767938369_wide-394e4380713146232a71e2566a2bccb4c115bf79-scaled-e1694548876856-900x422.jpg)
Child poverty more than doubles — a year after hitting record low, Census data shows
By: Jennifer Ludden | NPR
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Updated September 12, 2023 at 3:37 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The poverty rate in the U.S. has risen dramatically in the year since pandemic benefits ran out — and… Read More
![An cartoon of the Sun shining over playground, children sitting under shade in the corner](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kbrito_npr_schoolheat_final_a-1-_slide-3f8d2b76a5d73dfa0ecec57473fd9b148b7c8fba-scaled-e1694195834433-900x422.jpg)
Extreme heat is cutting into recess for kids. Experts say that’s a problem
By: Sequoia Carrillo | Beth Wallis | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — This week, sweltering heat has forced districts around the country – up and down the East coast and across the Midwest – to close schools early or… Read More
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Pfizer’s RSV vaccine to protect babies gets greenlight from FDA
By: Sydney Lupkin | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first RSV vaccine for expectant mothers aimed at protecting their newborn babies. Given during the third trimester of pregnancy,… Read More
![a child plays in a waterfall feature at Yards Park in Washington, D.C., on June 26.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/gettyimages-1259090490-75aaf81d0c0928979fb0132dd27ac13b0f796130-scaled-e1690581072280-900x422.jpg)
Here’s how you can help kids stay healthy if they play outside in a heat wave
By: Bill Chappell | Maria Godoy | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — An extreme heat wave poses health risks to everyone — and it’s a unique challenge for kids who love to be outdoors in summertime. Small children can… Read More
![A woman holds a sign that reads Affirming Care Benefits Trans Youth at a protest](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-8-e1687360257406-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House takes up controversial bills affecting LGBTQ children later today
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two bills that affect LGBTQ children will be heard on the House floor Wednesday. One would prevent children under 18 years old from accessing hormones or… Read More
![A teacher leads a classroom session at a child care facility in central Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-e1686774644171-900x422.webp)
Advocates urge Ohio’s Republican senators to restore money for affordable child care in the budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for affordable child care and early childhood education programs hope Ohio’s Republican senators will reconsider funding changes to a program they say helps… Read More
![A man uses a cell phone. It's just his hand.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap21354448299400-74ec1d2fdd242f58e3ba05dc98fe08c63b08745b-e1657901649749-900x422.jpg)
A ban on kids under 16 using social media is back in Ohio Senate’s version of the state budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R) ban on social media use by minors under 16 without parental permission is back in the Ohio Senate’s version of… Read More
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‘Anti-dopamine parenting’ can curb a kid’s craving for screens or sweets
By: Michaeleen Doucleff | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Back when my daughter was a toddler, I would make a joke about my phone: “It’s a drug for her,” I’d say to my husband. “You can’t… Read More
![An unsigned form shows Athens County Children Services' ability to take custody of children.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Introduction-main-image-e1683144487591-900x422.png)
WOUB’s “150 days” reporting project provides a rare window into the children services system largely closed off from the public
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Theresa Fogel stood in her neighbor’s driveway with the deputies and watched as her two young daughters were loaded into the car. Her two sons were… Read More
![A row of desks in a classroom with a backpack hanging up on the back wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/school-desk-e1471549255189-900x422.jpg)
Parents overestimate their student’s academic progress, according to a new study
By: Amna Nawaz | Karina Cuevas | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — Research shows the vast majority of K-12 parents believe their kids’ academic progress is at their grade level when it is not. To better understand the parent… Read More
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Schools districts plead for universal lunch amid Ohio’s budget talks
By: Susan Tebben | Ohio Capital Journal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ohio Capital Journal) — Daryn Guarino had to tell a six-year-old girl she couldn’t eat lunch. At Athens County’s Alexander Local School District, Guarino spends his days creating… Read More
![A seventh grader carries her plate of three-bean chili, rice, mandarins and cherry tomatoes and baked chips during her lunch break at a local public school, on Feb. 10 in the Brooklyn borough of New York.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ap23042732740572_custom-210fc41d3c4096c4ae3202278b7b611454b4e7ab-scaled-e1676497686949-900x422.jpg)
A new study offers hints that healthier school lunches may help reduce obesity
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A 2010 federal law that boosted nutrition standards for school meals may have begun to help slow the rise in obesity among America’s children — even teenagers… Read More
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An Ohio budget proposal requires parental permission for kids to use social media
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two year state budget always has things in it that aren’t related to state spending. For instance, the budget unveiled last month by… Read More
![Fifth-graders wearing face masks sit at proper social distancing during a music class to avoid COVID-19 cases at the Milton Elementary School in Rye, N.Y.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ap22300824958319_custom-a5720691eb48862db944242c8e8f0b7dde6b9e59-scaled-e1675193852685-900x422.jpg)
COVID-19 is a leading cause of death among children, but is still rare
By: Ayana Archie | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — COVID-19 was the eighth leading cause of death among children in recent months, according to a study published Monday. In a yearlong period from August 2021 to… Read More
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine delivers his State of the State address
By: Andy Chow | Jo Ingles | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, focused on the Ohio budget and the issues he believes need the most attention during his State of the… Read More
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The FDA proposes new targets to limit lead in baby food
By: Allison Aubrey | Jane Greenhalgh | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — It’s not possible to remove all traces of lead from the food supply, because the heavy metal is found throughout the environment and can be absorbed… Read More
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Recent shootings involving children raise concerns over their access to guns
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — In the last few weeks, the country has seen several harrowing events where very young children have had access to loaded guns and in two cases,… Read More
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CDC warns of rising strep throat infections among children
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The CDC is investigating a rise in severe cases of strep throat among kids in the U.S. Several children’s hospitals across the country have reported an increase… Read More
![A school bus in a parking lot with its door open](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shutterstock_669670867-e1672866988953-900x422.jpg)
A school bus crash in Ohio County, West Virginia sends 15 children to the hospital
By: Associated Press
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A school bus crash in West Virginia on Wednesday morning sent 15 children to the hospital, authorities said. The students were taken to Wheeling Hospital as… Read More
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