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In 2021, emergency department visits for suicide attempts among teen girls increased by 51%, as opposed to 4% for boys, compared to the same time period pre-pandemic in 2019, according to a CDC study.
With over 134 million posts relating to #boyperm—and counting—on TikTok, the once-retro hairstyle is back and teens are using a familiar chemical process to achieve the curly, floppy hair look.
Suicide rates among preteens aged 8 to 12 years in the United States rose by an average of 8.2% annually from 2008 to 2022 and were marked by a disproportionate increase among girls, according to ...
August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion. Rockets launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy a Russian bridge over the Seym river in the Kursk Oblast, killing multiple volunteers who were evacuating Russian civilians. Russia's foreign ministry asserts that the missiles were launched by Western -made rocket launchers.
A survey by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy found, "7% of youth used alcohol the first time they had sex, and 6% used alcohol the most recent time they had sex." [40] In another study, teens aged 15–19 accounted for 15.5% of abortions in 2009, and patients aged 20–24 made up 32.7%. Together, adolescents aged 15–24 made up ...
As of 2012, 73% of 12–17 year olds reported having at least one social networking profile; [234] two-thirds (68%) of teens texted every day, half (51%) visited social networking sites daily, and 11% sent or received tweets at least once every day. More than a third (34%) of teens visited their main social networking site several times a day.
Teen births, aged 15–19, per 1,000 people by state, 2015. Teenage pregnancy in the United States occurs mostly unintentionally [ 1 ] and out of wedlock [ 2 ][ 3 ] but has been declining almost continuously since the 1990s. [ 1 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] In 2022, the teenage birth rate fell to 13.5 per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19, the lowest on record. [ 6 ]
Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the Justice Department said ...