child health
As more vaccines are shown to be effective in final stage trials, what does this mean for kids?
Free school lunches are one way to help tackle food poverty – but they’re not enough to end it.
When should you book a coronavirus test for your child – and how do you do it?
Some assume that sniffing and sneezing is probably just a cold – but how accurate is it?
"I just keep searching for people who can help us,” says a mum whose teenage daughter has been sick with the coronavirus since March.
Children may show different symptoms of coronavirus than adults, one expert has said.
“In our group, diarrhoea and vomiting were more predictive than, say, cough or even changes in smell and taste,” said Dr Tom Waterfield.
Professor Martin Marshall tells HuffPost UK parents should take reassurance from evidence suggesting it’s generally a mild disease in children.
Symptoms in children are similar to those of Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome, experts have said. This is what parents should look out for.
Outbreaks of the disease are spreading, and parents want to keep their kids healthy.