Got a Pandemic Puppy? Learn How to Prevent Dog Bites
With new puppies and kids at home, doctors are worried about treating more children for dog bites.
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Feb. 23, 2021
The surge in pet adoptions during the pandemic brought much-needed joy to many families, but doctors are worrying about a downside as well: more dog bites.
A commentary published in October in The Journal of Pediatrics noted an almost threefold increase in children with dog bites coming into the pediatric emergency room at Children’s Hospital Colorado after the stay-at-home order went into effect.
The lead author, Dr. Cinnamon Dixon, a medical officer in the Pediatric Trauma and Critical Illness Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, said: “If someone were to tell me they were going to get a new dog during Covid, I would first and foremost want to make sure that family is prepared to have a new entity in their household, a new family me
The âgroundbreakingâ fostering agency that was started by inspiring mums in the middle of the pandemic
SAfER Fostering is the first not-for-profit therapeutic fostering agency in Wales
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One of SAfER Fosteringâs founders Sarah Naish (left) is a trailblazer of therapeutic parenting
During challenging times, it is always heartwarming to hear people have gone above and beyond to make a difference to others.
Starting a new organisation in the middle of a pandemic might not be easy, but it didnât stop two mums from co-founding SAfER Fostering in October 2020, the first not-for-profit therapeutic fostering agency in Wales.
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Police update: Suspicious death investigation at Ipswich
Detectives have charged a 34-year-old woman with murder and are searching for a man in relation to the death of a child in Ipswich in 2019.
Police were called to a Sonter Street address on June 21 after paramedics located the body of a nine-month-old boy inside the premises.
A crime scene was established, and forensic examinations conducted over a number of days.
As a result, an investigation centre was commenced at Yamanto Police Station with detectives from Ipswich Child Protection Unit and State Crime Command’s Child Trauma Unit.
This morning, detectives charged a 34-year-old Raceview woman with one count each of murder, misconduct with a corpse and six counts of fail to supply the necessities of life.