Image caption The Gender Identity Service is based at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust Doctors at a child gender clinic raised concerns about the use of puberty blockers 15 years ago – an issue that was also discussed by staff last year. An internal review conducted in 2005, obtained by BBC Newsnight, says some … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic has driven nearly 37 million people into extreme poverty and reversed two decades of progress in vaccinating children against once-common childhood diseases, according to a new report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The number of people living in extreme poverty globally has risen 7.1% so far this year in the … Read more
“The bad news is that it wasn’t better than the flu either,” Grosso said. “We need to keep in mind that influenza remains a serious health risk in childhood, especially for those under 2, those with underlying health problems or both.” The new study included 315 children, median age 8.4 years, who were diagnosed … Read more
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRichard Bluck says he may not be able to hug his daughter until a vaccine is found People with underlying health conditions say they have mixed emotions as shielding ends for about 130,000 in Wales. Those most vulnerable to Covid-19 had been asked to stay inside since … Read more