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Three children at a nursery school in London were confirmed as having tuberculosis late last week and are undergoing full treatment against the disease, having been infected by a member of staff. The...
Nurseries have a part to play in offsetting the shortage of family oral health services created by recent Government changes to dentists' contracts. Karen Faux reports
Early intervention is vital for improving the health of children and young people, and practitioners have opportunities to make a real difference, say Dr Claire Lemer and Leonora Weil.
A Kent nursery is being investigated by Ofsted and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) as the possible source of a local salmonella outbreak that has affected 149 children. Cannock House Day Nursery in...
The Government is committing a further 200m to its Troubled Families programme to help 400,000 more families with multiple and complex social, health and economic problems
It has been three years since the Covid-19 pandemic began to change the world. In the first of this series on its legacy,Jo Parkeslooks at its impact on children’s health
Many children are not receiving the correct nutrition, as a direct result of household poverty, and school food packages play a key role in supporting a child’s health, explains Sajad Mahmood, chief...
A whole-town approach is being taken by the Government in its latest health drive, and children's centres are key players, writes Karen Faux.
The Scottish Executive has set up a new expert group to look at parents' concerns about the MMR vaccine and to examine the evidence on the apparent rise in autism in children. Take-up of the MMR...
A new observation tool that detects signs of social withdrawal and distress in babies has been trialled by UK health visitors with ‘overwhelmingly positive results’.