Child Health
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Mystery of new child hepatitis outbreak
Investigators are trying to find the cause of a new kind of hepatitis that has affected 74 children this year. Read more
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First global postnatal guidelines published
The first global guidelines to support women and newborns in the postnatal period have been launched by the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more
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Urgent work needed to increase MMR uptake
More children and young people in England should have the MMR vaccine to help prevent a potentially devastating measles outbreak, warn experts today. Read more
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Rise in anti-anxiety prescriptions for young people
More young people in the UK are being prescribed anti-anxiety medication, a new study has found. Read more
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Call for children to get pain relief ear drops
Ear drops with anaesthetic and analgesic can be offered to children and young people with acute otitis media, according to new guidelines. Read more
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UK receives Ukraine child patients amid condemnation of "unconscionable cruelty"
Some 21 children from Ukraine have arrived in the UK to continue their cancer treatment amid concern about the widening humanitarian catastrophe in the country, it has been announced. Read more
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Ukrainian health care facing crisis – WHO warns
Medical oxygen supplies in Ukraine are falling “dangerously low,” the World Health Organization warned last night. Read more
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More than five million children orphaned through Covid-19
More than five million children globally have lost a parent or caregiver due to Covid-19, it is estimated today. Read more
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Formula milk marketing ‘unethical’ says report
Formula milk advertising has a wide reach around the world and is “unethical,” according to the world’s most senior doctor. Read more
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Smoking in early pregnancy affects foetal growth
Further evidence has been published on the risks to the foetus of maternal smoking. Read more