Many ADHD, autism TikTok videos are ‘inaccurate’, study claims, leading to misinformation
Social media misinformation on ADHD and autism is rife, especially on TikTok, and experts are urging better content moderation
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· Shi Huang
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· Greg Joyce
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· Alex Brewster
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· The Associated Press
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· Jeon Ji-woo
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· Hope Sloop
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· Philippe Perez
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· Oscar Liu
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· Danny Russell
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· Korea Herald
WHO warns attacks near nuclear sites risk catastrophe
The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that strikes around nuclear sites in Iran and Israel have pushed the war to a “perilous stage.”
· Middleeasteye
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· David Swan
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· Samantha Selinger-Morris
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· Fiona Sun
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· Vanessa Serna
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· Joel Sherman
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· Carl Campanile
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· Korea Herald
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· Rachel Sacks
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· Gayan Abeykoon
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· Middleeasteye
No, it DOESN’T make sense to give cash to a drug-abusing parent
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· Naomi Schaefer Riley
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· Gayan Abeykoon
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· Gayan Abeykoon
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· Gayan Abeykoon
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· Deutsche Welle
Are private health insurers trying to move Australia to a US-style model?
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· Alison Branley
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· Sbsaustralia
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· Rachel Sacks
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· Gretchen Reynolds
Perez Hilton hospitalized after mysterious health scare
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· Vanessa Serna
Israeli attacks kills four in Gaza
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· Middleeasteye
Top 5 states with the highest number of safe hospitals, according to new report
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· Fox News
Mike Tauchman needs surgery, Craig Kimbrel decision made in major Mets roster updates
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· Mike Puma
Aggressive marketing tactics drive obesity among children
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· The Editorial Board
Lebanese health ministry: 1,029 killed in attacks
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· Middleeasteye
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· Rachel Sacks
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· Anita Chaudhuri
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill four, wound seven
Israeli air strikes targeting the southern Lebanese towns of al-Sultaniyah and as-Sawana have killed at least four people and wounded seven others, Lebanon's health ministry is reporting.
· Middleeasteye
I have stage four cancer – there will be no cure, but death isn’t necessarily imminent: this is how it feels to live in the long middle
When you are cured, the world cheers; when you are dying, it mourns. But when you are simply maintaining, the world is at a loss
· Janis Chen
At least 13 children killed in strike on Sudanese hospital, WHO confirms
A strike on a hospital in Sudan killed 64 people and wounded 89 others, the World Health Organization said Saturday, with 13 children counted among the dead.
· AfricaNews
School principal arrested in drug bust
MANILA, Philippines — A school principal was arrested in an anti-drug operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 13 in Surigao del Sur on March 20, officials said.
· Clarizel Abanilla
How three controversial father figures influenced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sometimes shocking views — and drug use
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· Isabel Vincent
Hong Kong mum charged with abuse after son, 12, calls police over cane beating
Child injured on chin, shoulder, arm and thigh, sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment
· Emily Hung