US: Grassley Resolution Designating May as National Foster Care Month Passes Senate (Press release) Office of Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senator for Iowa - May 17, 2022 Last night, the Senate passed a resolution by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster … [Read more...]

US: Major decline in adoptions accompanies COVID-19 pandemic Baptist Press - May 17, 2022 A substantial drop in the number of adoptions in the United States coincided with the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. Intercountry adoptions declined by 45 percent from 2019 to … [Read more...]

US: U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID booster shot for young children (Includes video) Reuters - May 17, 2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, making everyone in the country … [Read more...]

US: Finding mental health care (Video) CBS - May 09, 2022 Finding mental health care can be frustrating and overwhelming. Senior clinical psychologist Jamie Howard joins "CBS Mornings" to share advice on starting the search for mental health care, what questions to ask insurance companies and what … [Read more...]

International: Russia's reported abduction of Ukrainian children echoes other genocidal policies, including US history of kidnapping Native American children (Commentary) Conversation - May 16, 2022 Allegations have emerged recently that Ukrainian children are being forcibly removed from their … [Read more...]

US: Pandemic Amps Up Mental Health Stress For All Ages (May require subscription) Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - May 13, 2022 With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, now is a good time to take a personal inventory of mental health needs - especially after two years of coping with the … [Read more...]

US: Study identifies potential biomarker for SIDS, but a test for it is a long way off CNN - May 13, 2022 Australian researchers say they've identified one potential biomarker for sudden infant death syndrome, known as SIDS, but experts caution that it's just one piece of the puzzle. About 3,400 … [Read more...]

Netherlands: Dutch scandal serves as a warning for Europe over risks of using algorithms Politico - March 29, 2022 Chermaine Leysner's life changed in 2012, when she received a letter from the Dutch tax authority demanding she pay back her child care allowance going back to 2008. Leysner is one of … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Experts Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child Praise Cambodia For Policies Protecting Children's Rights, Ask About Unregistered Births And Laws Banning Surrogacy (Press release) United Nations Office At Geneva - May 06, 2022 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded … [Read more...]

US: Despite Pandemic Holdups, Christians Keep Shifting Foster Care Approach (Commentary) Christianity Today - May 09, 2022 For tens of thousands of vulnerable children whose lives and families were already unstable before COVID-19 hit, the pandemic brought further disruption, unpredictability, and … [Read more...]