Child Health
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Two COVID vaccines help to protect pregnant women and their infants
Two doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy are highly effective against delta and moderately effective against omicron infection, Canadian researchers report today. Read more
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Global formula milk marketing under the spotlight
Leading global health experts today launch a new offensive against the formula milk industry, questioning its safety and marketing tactics. Read more
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Teens’ lack of sleep could increase multiple sclerosis risk
Teenagers who do not get enough sleep could increase their risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in later life, a new Swedish study suggests today. Read more
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Screening for genetic muscle disease ‘beneficial’
Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy delivers improved outcomes, researchers report today. Read more
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A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021
About five million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and young people lost their lives in 2021 – one every 4.4 seconds, according to new United Nations estimates published today. Read more
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England to get somatrogon for growth hormone deficiency
Children being treated for growth disturbance could be treated with injections weekly instead of daily, according to new guidance. Read more
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Newborns not at higher risk of being colonised by hospital pathogens
Healthy newborn babies are not at higher risk than adults of being colonised by antimicrobial-resistant gut bacteria in hospital, a new study has found. Read more
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Children at growing risk from winter infections
Scarlet fever bacteria and flu are posing a serious risk to children this winter, parents have been warned. Read more
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Measles a global and imminent threat – WHO
The pandemic-linked decline in measles vaccination has made the disease an “imminent threat”, the World Health Organization has warned today. Read more
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New WHO guidance for mothers of preterm babies
Mothers who give birth to small or preterm babies should have skin-to-skin contact with their child immediately, according to new guidelines from the World Health Organization. Read more