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Washington (AFP) - US health authorities sounded the alarm Monday about a mental health crisis among American high school students, particularly teenage girls suffering from sadness, violence and trauma. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at health behaviors and experiences among high school students from 2011 to 2021. "These data show a distressing picture," CDC chief medical officer Debra Houry told reporters. "America's teen girls are engulfed in a growing wave of sadness, violence and trauma. "Over the past decade teen...
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Washington (AFP) - Nearly half of LGBTQ youth aged 13 to 24 in America seriously considered committing suicide last year, according to a survey released Wednesday. The poll of nearly 34,000 people was conducted by The Trevor Project, a non-profit that works to prevent suicide among young people in the LGTBQ community. This annual survey "demonstrates that rates of suicidal thoughts have trended upward among LGBTQ young people over the last three years," said Amit Paley, the organization's executive director. The study found that 45 percent of respondents said they seriously considered suicide ...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden wants 70 percent of American adults to have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine by the July 4 holiday, and has made vaccinating adolescents a key part of the next phase of the country's immunization campaign. But targeting US teens is a controversial move among many experts, who argue it is a serious mistake to use the world's limited supply of doses on a low-risk population while the pandemic surges in countries like India and Brazil. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said in March their two-dose regimen was shown to be safe and highly effecti...
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Washington (AFP) - Pfizer-BioNTech asked for authorization Friday to use their Covid-19 vaccine on 12 to 15-year-olds in the United States, which could mark a crucial next step toward achieving herd immunity. The mass vaccination of teenagers would also relieve an enormous strain on parents who are juggling the demands of homeschooling their children while keeping up with jobs. The companies said in a statement that they plan to make similar requests of other regulatory authorities worldwide in coming days. Their request to the US Food and Drug Administration comes after Phase 3 clinical tria...
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Montreal (AFP) - Adult content giant Pornhub has announced the "suspension" of content uploaded by non-verified users as the site faces turmoil over claims of turning a blind eye to videos of child abuse, rape and revenge porn. Pressure has mounted since the New York Times published a piece accusing the site of profiting from abusive content, with Visa and Mastercard announcing they would no longer process payments to Pornhub. The site has scrambled to respond, announcing measures last week against content uploaded by people who had not been verified as well as saying on Monday that it took a...
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New York (AFP) - A 16th birthday party in New York state became a super-spreader event with dozens of attendees contracting coronavirus, according to officials.The September 25 shindig at the plush Miller Place Inn on Long Island left 37 people infected with Covid-19 and forced more than 270 into quarantine.Over 80 people attended the party, known as a "Sweet 16" in the United States, well above the state's 50-person limit. The venue has been closed temporarily and fined $12,000, local officials said."We've never seen a super-spreader event like this before in Suffolk County," tweeted the area...
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