»Nuzha Awad’s #triplets, Malek, Khader and Moustafa, born two months before the war began when Hamas attacked #Israel on 7 October, did not stop crying as she spoke to the Guardian. She fled #Gaza City when #food and formula for her #babies began to run out […]
“At this age a #child should weigh 8 kilos. They weigh 2 kilos … They don’t have thighs yet. At this stage they are supposed to be crawling and preparing to walk. And now you can see the state they’re in,”«
May the image take you to a perfect summer day, one in which you have no obligations or anything written on a schedule, and you are free to dream . . .
Reporter Jenny Gold analyzed state Medi-Cal data for 2021. Her findings on health care access for kids in the California public insurance program are sobering:
🟡 60% of babies—and 75% of Black babies—did not get their recommended well-child visits in their first 15 months of life.
🟡 65% of 2-year-olds were not fully vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases like measles.
🟡 Half of children did not receive a lead screening by their second birthday.
Hind Rajab, 6 yrs old, who phoned for help & "begged for hours to be rescued... found dead. Hind had explained that she was the sole survivor in the vehicle after it was fired on by #Israeli forces as the family tried to flee the Tel Hawa area of #Gaza City. Her aunt, uncle and three cousins were all killed.
"The ambulance dispatched to reach her was also found shelled on Saturday with the two paramedics inside also killed... In a statement, [the Palestine Red Crescent Society] accused the #Israeli military of directly targeting the ambulance crew as it tried to rescue the #child. The route had been coordinated with Israeli authorities in advance" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/10/israel-credit-rating-downgrade-moodys/
#rebeccamorris had children with someone that she knew had #groomed a #child to participate in a #violent stabbing, all while remaining peaceful, amazing work rebecca! congratulations! .~*
…The #ChildTaxCredit expansion would ensure that more of the poorest #families — who traditionally can’t claim the credit because they don’t owe any #IncomeTax — would qualify for at least some assistance. It would allow the lowest-income families to claim the credit for each #child; the current credit allows those at the lowest end of the #income spectrum only to receive payments for one child.