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Policymakers worldwide have been calling for countries to get rid of institutions for orphans and abandoned children. A study out of Duke... "Please, sir, I want some more," Oliver Twist famously ...

WASHINGTON -- Toddlers rescued from orphanages and placed in good foster homes score dramatically higher on IQ tests years later than children who were left behind, a study concludes. The ...

After the fall of communism in Romania, the world was shocked to discover a vast system of orphanages where unwanted children languished in cribs with little attention from caregivers. Sixteen years ...

"Please, sir, I want some more," Oliver Twist famously asked in the food line at an orphanage. Instead he got a blow to the head with a ladle. In the real world, conditions at orphanages can be even ...

LONDON (AP) — Romanian children adopted from overcrowded orphanages in the 1990s were more likely to suffer psychological problems as adults compared to other children taken in by British families, ...