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First-Born Children Are Smarter Than Their Siblings A Study Says

Study reveals that COVID has made a lot of children orphans (1)

Study: You Can Have COVID-19-Fighting Antibodies Without Ever Having COVID-19

British researchers have made a somewhat surprising discovery about how someone's body can fight COVID-19, even if they'd never had the virus. After catching the common cold, some people--especially children--appear to have antibodies that could also offer some level of protection against SARS-CoV-2. According to HuffPost, the study, published online in the journal Science last week, was essentially an accident. Researchers in London were working on developing new, more sensitive tests that screen for COVID-19 antibodies. They found that among the 300 blood samples taken, nearly half of the children in the small study had antibodies that would recognize SARS-CoV-2. Our results show that children are much more likely to have these cross-reactive antibodies than adults. More research is needed to understand why this is, but it could be down to children being more regularly exposed to other coronaviruses. ,” Kevin Ng, Study author Doctoral candidate Francis Crick Institute, London

Parents Arrested for Torture after 13 Children Found Malnourished and Abused

Riverside County sheriff's department rescued 13 siblings found abused and malnourished locked up in their house in Perris, California, Tuesday, after receiving a distress call from one of the siblings. Three of the children were physically chained to house furniture when the police found them as they appeared to be malnourished after a 17-year-old girl managed to escape and notify the authorities. 57-year-old David Allen Turpin and 49-year-old Louise Anna Turpin haven't being able to explain their motives. They have been arrested and are being held with a $9-million bail.