Browsing: Children

Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, an ⁠independent UN inquiry has found.The report by the UN independent international commission of…

Before Alexandra Thoms goes to sleep, she puts together a flat-pack dining table with her father, Gordon. She needs the table for her otherwise sparse two-bedroom…

A newborn’s first hours in a US hospital used to carry a quiet set of guarantees. A vitamin K injection against catastrophic bleeding. A hepatitis B…

Autistic children as young as 18 months old are being injected with human stem cells derived from umbilical cords in unapproved, unproven and potentially harmful “treatments”…

Two children in England have died from measles, health officials say, as data shows more than 100 new reported cases in the last fortnight.The UK Health…

Alcohol charities have criticised a new 99p shot from the company behind BuzzBallz, warning its cheap price and heavy marketing are designed “to appeal to children”.BuzzBallz,…

We strongly support the call to declare the climate crisis a global public health emergency (Report, 16 May). If this approach is to be successful, it…

Children and young people in England having a mental health crisis are spending up to three days in an A&E unit before they get a bed…

David Lammy has promised to cut the number of children kept in jail while they await trial by a quarter as part of an overhaul of…

Hundreds of children with a rare muscle-wasting disease will be able to receive two drugs that can improve their survival in a move parents hailed as…