KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — Ten people were killed in a road crash  involving three cars and a trailer lorry at the Shah Alam-bound USJ Rest & Recreation (R&R) area along the Elite Expressway late yesterday.

SIBU, Dec 11 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has so far collected 663 samples nationwide for studies to determine if the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine is suitable to be given to children aged between three and 11.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has assented to the three acts passed in the First Meeting of the Fourth Session of the 14th Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The administration of Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to children under the age of 12 will begin in 2022, according to the Health Ministry (MOH).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — Experts have thrown their support behind the government’s move to wait for the results of studies and obtain adequate data on the effectiveness and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine for children under 12 before deciding to inoculate the group, describing it as a wise decision.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — After having attended home-based online classes for months, Alina (not her real name) felt nervous at the thought of returning to school.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 —  More than 400,000 cases of Covid-19 infection involving individuals under the age of 18 were recorded this year, up from about 12,000 cases last year, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — The statistics on the number of children who have been orphaned after losing their parents to Covid-19, will be one of the issues to be discussed at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — The High Court, in a landmark decision today, declared that children born overseas to Malaysian mothers who are married to foreigners are entitled by operation of law to be citizens of Malaysia.

PUTRAJAYA, July 5 —  For the time being, only children aged 12 to 17 years old with underlying medical problems will be vaccinated, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — More than half of the participants, aged under 18 in a UN Children's Fund (Unicef) study, said they had met strangers in real life they initially met online.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The 359th Drug Control Authority (DCA) meeting today approved the use of the Comirnaty vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech for children aged 12 and above.

LONDON, June 4 — Britain's medicines regulator said on Friday it had approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for use on children aged 12 to 15 years old, following similar clearances in the US and the EU.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — There has been an increase in the number of Covid-19 critical and death cases among children aged below five years old this year compared to last year, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Parents need to take proactive action to protect their children from Covid-19 infections following an increase in cases especially involving infants under one and children under five years old.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — Covid-19 infection among children and infants is a cause for concern as they have become the groups at risk after the elderly, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today.

By Khairul Azran Hussin SHAH ALAM, May 12 — The Selangor Child Nutrition Programme for kids from low-income families (B40) is expected to begin in June, says state executive councillor for urban wellbeing Rodziah Ismail. She said the group will be provided with a balanced food diet for six...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — News that has gone viral on social media regarding children under 12 years of age not being allowed to enter shopping malls or eateries there, is fake.

By Norrasyidah Arshad PETALING JAYA, Feb 22 — Selcare has prepared toys for children undergoing the Covid-19 community to help them cope with fear when undergoing the swab test. Its operations manager Mohd Noor Md Nasir said the initiative has been effective in helping medical officers carry...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has urged the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry (KPWKM) to restore the function of the Talian Nur 1599 hotline which was previously dedicated to children and operated by trained staff with psychosocial qualifications.