Browsing: Children

Children in the UK are to be immunised against chickenpox at the same time as measles, mumps and rubella.The NHS across the UK’s four home nations…

High blood pressure was long considered a health problem of middle age, but rates are increasing in children and adolescents, with doctors reporting a surge in…

Leading doctors have called for a national UK programme to monitor schoolchildren for high blood pressure amid concerns that rising rates in adolescents will increase cases…

As we enter 2026, one truth is impossible to ignore: children around the world are facing their greatest levels of need in modern history – just as the humanitarian system…

Health visitors will be sent door-to-door to deliver vaccines to children in England amid alarm that one in five start primary school with no protection against…

Advent calendars, check. Tree and decorations, check. Teachers’ presents, nativity costumes and a whole new ticketing system for the PTA’s Santa’s grotto, check. But the Christmas…

December 20, 20254 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmU.S. Plan to Drop Some Childhood Vaccines to Align with Denmark Will Endanger Children, Experts SayThe U.S.…

Reporting Highlights A Man-Made Crisis: Trump officials were warned repeatedly that cutting off food aid to refugees in Kenya would lead to violence and death. They…

At only 28, the human rights lawyer Kateryna Rashevska has become the public face of Ukraine’s campaign to repatriate children forcibly deported to Russia. She knows…

December 15, 20254 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmFour Million U.S. Children Had No Health Insurance in 2024. Some Will Die of CancerA recent analysis showed the…