All the latest news and updates relating to childhood diseases and illnesses
A MUM who thought her son was “too good to be true” because he rarely cried as a baby was shocked to discover it was a sign of childhood dementia. Tammy McDaid...
IN the warm weather, many of us will notice our hands, ankles and feet start to swell a little more than normal. Most of the time, this is nothing to worry abou...
A five-year-old boy died after medics failed to diagnose his Strep A infection, an inquest has heard. Jax Jefferys, from Waterlooville in Hampshire, was taken t...
IT was the charity that made dreams come true, granting wishes to seriously ill children. It even had the support of the biggest boy band in the world at the ti...
AN URGENT travel warning has been issued to unvaccinated Brits, amid an outbreak of a highly contagious infection that strikes victims with a tell-tale “bull ne...
WHEN Ali Pilossoph noticed a white lump on her newborn’s gums, she simply assumed it was a tooth coming through. But, within one week, it had doubled in size an...
A MUM was told her son had a rare progressive condition and could die before turning 35, but missed genetic results meant he only received the diagnosis five ye...
A HANTAVIRUS survivor who caught the life-threatening illness over 30 years ago suffered from skin so sensitive she couldn’t be touched – she’s now sharing what...
A SCHOOL has been forced to temporarily close after a suspected norovirus outbreak. Ferndown Middle School in decided to close early for the weekend to allow t...
PENNY Saltmarsh says her son was “48 hours from death” after a GP dismissed her son’s sudden weight loss and struggle to breathe as “asthma” and “anxiety”. The...
NEW York City’s former mayor is fighting for his life in hospital with an unknown condition. Rudy Giuliani, 81, who also worked as Donald Trump’s lawyer, is in...
WHEN tot Primrose, developed a high temperature and rashes last October, mum Charley Hocking knew something was amiss. But, after visiting the , she was reassu...
