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(Faithwire) Instagram’s parent company, Facebook, has acknowledged just how harmful the photo-sharing app can be to teen girls’ self-esteem, according to an internal report obtained by The Wall Street Journal. After studying the app’s impact on teenager users’ mental health over the last three years, researchers for the company found 32% of teenage girls who “felt bad about … [Read more...] about Instagram Admits App Can Harm Teen Users’ Self-Esteem

(CBN News) Liberty University resumed in-person classes Monday after closing its classrooms over a two-week mitigation period to slow the spread of COVID-19 on campus.  "Students and faculty are strongly encouraged to wear face coverings. The university will continue to offer a digital instruction option for students for a period of time; special permission to attend … [Read more...] about Liberty University Returns to In-Person Classes After 2-Week Period to Slow COVID, Offers Online Instruction Too

(ForEveryMom) We’re over a year and a half into COVID-19 and the presumed end of the pandemic has unfortunately been pushed back to sometime in 2022. Because of this, we know that we need to continue to do all that we can to protect pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, and their babies, from getting the virus. At this time, the COVID-19 vaccine is approved for those 12 years of … [Read more...] about Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers? An Expert Weighs In

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles board of education voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district. The move makes Los Angeles by far the largest of a very small number of districts with a vaccine requirement. Nearby Culver City imposed a similar policy last … [Read more...] about Los Angeles Requires COVID-19 Vaccine for Students 12 and Up

(The Christian Post) The social media platform TikTok is exposing minors to countless videos that feature adult content involving sexual acts and drug usage through search algorithms, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal. In a report titled “How TikTok Serves Up Sex and Drug Videos to Minors” published Wednesday, reporters noted that the newspaper created … [Read more...] about Tiktok Exposed Minors to Hundreds of Explicit Videos Featuring Sexual Content and Drugs: Report