CHILDREN

With nearly 70,000 children heading back to school in Volusia County on Monday, district officials and Volusia County law enforcement assured parents that officers won't hesitate to enter school buildings in the event of an active shooter.

The Osceola County school district began its Student Ridership Program Wednesday to help kick off the 2022-2023 school year, according to district officials.

Brevard County schools are facing challenges on the first day of the 2022-2023 school year Wednesday, as the district reported 143 teacher vacancies countywide.

With tens of thousands of students in Osceola County heading back to school on Wednesday, many of them will be relying on buses to get there.

Seminole County Public Schools announced Monday that the district will require parents and guardians to provide consent for school staff to provide first-aid to their children.

An 11-year-old girl was reported missing and endangered after she was last seen in Ocklawaha Thursday, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

The Florida Board of Medicine voted Friday to adopt state guidelines that would ban and restrict gender dysphoria treatments for children and adolescents.

The Florida Board of Medicine is set to discuss state guidance against gender-affirming treatments for children at its upcoming meeting.

A West Orange High School graduate, mentor and area basketball coach said he is continuing his mission to get results and help children in his community make positive choices.

The Florida Department of Health in Orange County is offering free school immunizations for kindergarteners and seventh graders at an event on Saturday.

The Osceola County school district held their first day of ‘Welcome Back Training’ for bus drivers.

A lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of students, parents and advocates for the LGBTQ community is seeking to have a judge declare Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law unconstitutional.

Scientists in the U.K. say they have identified the likely cause of a recent outbreak of mysterious liver disease afflicting young children around the world.

Parkland survivor turned gun activist David Hogg confronted Republican lawmakers during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on gun legislation.

State Sen. Randolph Bracy, D-Orlando, is set to hold a news conference Thursday discussing the reopening of a children’s vaccination site in Maitland after it was postponed due to a lack of shots.

Slimming attempts have shot up and not just among those who are overweight, a study in England suggests.

Aimee Tilley says she is fighting to prolong the life of her six-year-old son who has Batten disease.

Some grades are yet to be returned to schools, but other papers have gone missing.

A child is on life support after being found unconscious with their head in the toilet at a Kissimmee hotel, according to reports released by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

Brevard Public Schools offered a 4% raise for both teachers and recruitment/retention pay in the district’s priority schools, though union leaders rejected the offer, according to district officials.

The warning for parents comes as a heat-health alert continues for parts of the UK.

School is just a month away, and Central Florida districts are working in overdrive to hire more teachers and employees.

Young female children in South Sudan are being forced out of school and into marriage as young 14. The World Food Program has stopped its school feeding scheme in the wake of funding cuts and the family of a daughter entering into marriage will be paid in cows as a dowry. Debora Patta speaks with a child bride on her wedding day and her Father who negotiated the price of 80 under- nourished cows.

Hours after State Sen. Randolph Bracy announced a plan to host a COVID-19 vaccination event for children, he said they are postponing it.

When your child isn’t feeling well and has a fever, it’s easy to fixate on the thermometer’s reading. How high is too high? Is it better to take them to the emergency room or to treat the fever at home?

The Orange County School Board received pushback at its Tuesday meeting during public comment for something called “camp legal.”

A local boy scout troop said it is attempting to get its trailer back after someone stole it within the past few weeks.

Near the epicentre of the quake that struck Afghanistan this week, houses lie in ruins.

Parents and the public had the opportunity to hear in-depth from the two finalists for Orange County Public Schools' superintendent position ahead of the school board's upcoming interviews.

Pediatrician, Annette Nielsen’s office, Tree House Pediatrics, is waiting for a shipment of 450 Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5.

Florida is the only state that hasn't pre-ordered COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, and they could start to go out as soon as next week.

All eyes are on Mississippi as the US awaits a Supreme Court decision involving its last abortion clinic.

Friday’s lightning bolt on Via Salerno Court in Merritt Island set a palm tree on fire, knocked out A/C and three televisions at one house and sent three girls to the hospital.

Two girls in Merritt Island were struck by lightning Friday afternoon, according to Brevard County Fire Rescue.

The Tomoka Town Center shopping mall announced a “June-a-Ween” event in Daytona Beach to benefit Toys for Tots of Volusia County.

A prince steals the show, and a surprise encounter with Paddington Bear.

During a Seminole County school board meeting Tuesday evening, updates were given on security guidelines for local schools.

During a Seminole County school board meeting Tuesday evening, updates were given on security guidelines for local schools.

Meet the Helpers offers an online tool kit geared toward children ages 3-8 for them to better understand who can help them in the event of an emergency or natural disaster, like a hurricane.

As summer rushes in and families get ready to have fun in the water, News 6 spoke to local officials about what parents can do to keep their children safe.

Police saved a 6-day-old baby from choking at a Golden Corral restaurant in Ocala, according to the Ocala Police Department.

An appeals court ruled that Donald Trump and two of his children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, must comply with subpoenas and testify in a civil investigation by the New York attorney general's office. CBS News investigative reporter Graham Kates shares the latest on "Red and Blue."

One high school graduate is making history before heading to college in the fall by being the first ever recipient honoring a member of a historic civil rights case.

MADRID — (AP) — An explosion hit a biodiesel production plant in northern Spain on Thursday, killing two people and forcing the evacuation of 250 children who had been on a field trip nearby, police said Thursday. Police video of the explosion showed flames engulfing the plant in the northern region of La Rioja, sending large plumes of black smoke into the sky. The two people killed were both workers at the plant, said police. “A few metres away from the plant was a field trip of 250 children who had to be transferred out of danger to another area,” police said in a statement. “The plant and the industrial area have been completely vacated.”Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Parents of school-shooting victims and students in schools have renewed calls for school-safety legislation following Tuesday’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The bus mounted a kerb, hit a group of primary school pupils, and crashed into metal fencing.

Orange County Public Schools announced Monday it will provide free breakfast and lunch to children ages 18 and younger throughout the summer.

The England captain's golden boot and his MBE are among the items on display.

A month on after a zinc mine was flooded in Burkina Faso, relatives of those trapped refuse to give up.

Red Horse Ranch in Sanford announced it is accepting applications for its June summer camps, available to ages 6 and up.

Myasia Jennings was found safe and sound, Sanford police wrote in a tweet on Wednesday.

Poor design means disabled children cannot use their local playgrounds, say campaigners.

U.S. health officials are now looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children, including five deaths.

Constance Brown A 41-year-old woman is accused of leaving two children home along in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. (Brevard County Sheriff's Office)COCOA, Fla. — A 41-year-old woman is accused of leaving two children home along in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Cocoa police said they found two children with no supervision and nothing to eat sharing their residence with cockroaches and rodents after an anonymous caller reported them being home alone. Police said they found rodent feces and roaches inside the home, but nothing edible for the children. Police said they were never able to contact the lady Brown said was supposed to be there.

The blaze destroyed 80 homes after tearing through a crowded settlement near the capital Manila.

Galveston fire: Two children died in the aftermath of a fire in Galveston, Texas, early Saturday. (Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)GALVESTON, Texas — Two children died after a fire broke out in their southeastern Texas home on Saturday, authorities said. A father and two children were inside the home, the television station reported. A neighbor told KPRC they tried to crawl through a bedroom window to rescue the children, but authorities told them it was too dangerous. James Rodgers, whose home connects to the one that caught fire, told KTRK-TV that the children were his cousin and niece.

Some children in need of immediate psychiatric care are forced to travel hundreds of miles away to facilities across state lines.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield has long been mired in political shenanigans, but advocates hope a bill just passed by state legislators will lead to better and more transparent institution.

A three-year-old girl and a boy, aged five, were critically injured in the fire in Preston on Friday.

Some babies have limited vocabularies and struggle to understand facial expressions, a report finds.

Germany says it has brought home 10 women and 27 children from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected members of the Islamic State group have been held

This is a dramatic decrease from the week ending January 20th of this year.

This is a dramatic decrease from the week ending January 20th of this year.

This is a dramatic decrease from the week ending Jan. 20 of this year.

Overdose: Seven children were hospitalized after they apparently took some prescription drugs while alone in a home. (DNY59/iStock)HOPEWELL, Va. — Seven children, all under the age of 8, were rushed to a Virginia hospital on Wednesday and treated for overdosing on what is believed to be a prescription medication, authorities said. Three more children were found in a different part of the residence, the television station reported. Police suspect the children all took the prescription drugs, the television station reported. All seven children were taken to John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, according to the television station.

UNICEF warned about the higher risk for children fleeing the conflict. More than 500 unaccompanied children have crossed from Ukraine into Romania since the Russian invasion began.

Proviso Superintendent James Henderson defended his actions during a heated exchange with school board member Claudia Medina earlier this week, saying it was she who had approached him aggressively.

The competition watchdog calls the market for children's home and foster care places "dysfunctional".

New York City officials announced the city will no longer take all Social Security checks from children to pay for foster care. Last year NPR and The Marshall Project investigated the common practice.

MP Alex Davies-Jones says vulnerable people are "preyed on" for the additional fees.

The Duchess of Cornwall tells the BBC she is on a lifelong campaign for domestic violence victims.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is ordering state agencies to investigate reports of transgender children receiving gender-affirming treatment as child abuse."Texas law imposes reporting requirements upon all licensed professionals who have direct contact with children who may be subject to such abuse, including doctors, nurses, and teachers, and provides criminal penalties for failure to report such child abuse." Abbott wrote in a letter to the...

Four-packs of lateral flow tests will be on sale for £17 from Wednesday despite free tests remaining until 1 April.

The Scottish government says it has received "draft" advice on vaccinating children from the JCVI.

Childcare centres have embraced apps to monitor kids but not all parents are convinced of the benefits.

What will my kids call me? Do I want to go through pregnancy, with all the potential for misgendering?

The gene therapy Libmedly treats babies and children with a very rare genetic condition.

There is nothing cuter than little-kid artwork, is there?

Neighbours often resist plans to build new homes, says the Independent Children's Home Association.

"My son had to lose his life at the age of eight... to somebody's irresponsibility," says Tiffani Evans, whose son was killed by a stray bullet coming from a nearby fire exchange while he was playing video games inside a relative's house in Maryland on August 24th, 2021.

Nicholas Languerand was sentenced to {three years and eight months in prison} after assaulting officers at the Capitol last January.

Edie Pilkington, 16, says it was a relief to have the condition confirmed by a private consultant.

Batya Ungar-Sargon makes the case that progressives' 'soft-on-crime' stance most hurts marginalized communities.

Chief Willie Sellars of Williams Lake First Nation said the investigation into the St. Joseph’s Mission school revealed stories of murder and torture.

Kurdish-led forces say they are being used as human shields in the jail they have surrounded in Syria.

Fresh off a round of school closures driven by the omicron variant, Illinois school districts could soon be facing more upheaval as litigation challenging Gov. J.B. Pritkzer’s mask mandate and other COVID-19 protocol lands before a downstate judge.

The study shows early treatment can help toddlers overcome their peanut allergies. (Jan. 20)

Four children have died after fire ripped through a building in south London.

Are you a fan of Winnie the Pooh, and you just so happen to have $80,000 lying around?

First look: Peppa Pig attractions revealed for all-new theme park

We're one step closer for young children to get cleared for coronavirus vaccines.

A government watchdog says the Trump administration forced migrant parents to leave the United States without their children under its family separation policy.

TAIPEI – Sinovac said its COVID-19 vaccine is safe in children ages 3-17, based on preliminary data, and it has submitted the data to Chinese drug regulators. Early and mid-stage clinical trials with over 550 subjects showed the vaccine would induce an immune response, Gang Zeng, the medical director at Sinovac, said at a news conference Monday. And while vaccination campaigns worldwide have focused on adults, children will need to be immunized to end the pandemic. Moderna has been studying its vaccine in children aged 12 and older, and last week announced a new study testing its use in children younger than 12. State-owned Sinopharm, who has two COVID-19 vaccines, is also investigating the effectiveness of its vaccines in children.

Christina Martin has been advocating for children and families with diabetes through her nonprofit the Type Zero Foundation since 2016. “You have to ask yourself if you’re going to let it define you, or if you’re going to now use it to make you stronger and make you better,” Martin said. “Diabetics and people that have a loved one with diabetes they’re trying to be extremely careful, with you know being exposed to COVID, because it could be deadly for people that have any form of diabetes,” Martin said. “One elf and their elf buddy are going to be making these surprise visits,” Martin said. Because of their success over the holidays, the Type Zero Foundation will be planning more socially distant visits for members in the future.

Having a baby, and bringing that baby home from the hospital for the first time as a new parent, is a whirlwind.

This being an example of the real dangers of social media. “Social media right now is a big hub for predators to contact children. Especially vulnerable children,” Harper said. Be aware of the people they are communicating with online: Do they know who they are communicating with? Know who your children hang out with and who their friends are: Harper said during investigations into missing children, they ask their parents who their close friends are.

A mother of two mindlessly picked up a paintbrush in late March, and started painting the cover of one of the books she had read to her children earlier in the day -- and said she incorporated some “cartoonified” coronavirus themes, to try to make the situation less scary.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Dispatchers in Seminole County reported Sunday that they received an increase in the number of 911 calls from unattended children during Florida’s stay-at-home order. Seminole County leaders urge parents to sit down with children to ensure they are educated on the following:How and when to call 9-1-1. Make sure children are prepared to communicate their name, address or location, what happened and who needs help. If the home doesn’t have a house phone, ensure children have a fully charged phone on hand. Also make sure children have an emergency contact list readily available.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help in locating two children that went missing Friday. According to officials, the two children were last seen with their mother, who lost custody of them after a violent domestic living environment. The two children and their mother, Margarita Guiterrez of Marion County, met with the children’s grandmother in DeLand. Marion County sheriff’s deputies have attempted to contact Guiterrez and the children, but were unsuccessful. If you have any information that may help authorities find these children you are asked to call 911 or the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office at 386-239-8276.

Two children are missing after meeting with their motherIf you need help with the Public File, call 407-291-6000.