A free chickenpox vaccination will be offered for the first time to children across England on the NHS from January.

International recommendations advise against the use of intravenous rehydration therapy in children with severe acute malnutrition because of the concern about fluid overload, but evidence to suppo...

Background: Aluminum is used as an adjuvant in nonlive vaccines administered in early childhood. Concerns persist about potential associations between vaccination with aluminum-adsorbed vaccines and i...

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USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

Collaboratory 2025 PhD Project Download PDF Key Details Project Title: How can childhood health inequalities be reduced by improving indoor home environments in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland?...

A new single centre RCT of permissive hypotension (PH) compared to "standard treatment" (ST) of very preterm infants 24 to <30 weeks GA, with a mean BP lower than their GA has just appeared (Alderliesten T, et al. Treatment of Hypotension of Prematurity: a randomised trial. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2025). In the intervention, PH, group, infants only received treatment if they developed signs of poor perfusion. In the ST group they immediately received a fluid bolus and a dopamine infusion, followed by adding dobutamine, then epinephrine, hydrocortisone was given if the baby needed more than just dopamine.

It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life