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Skateboard helps very premature babies develop their motor skills

A medical skateboard designed to help very premature infants practise moving forwards improves their chances of crawling and standing by the age of 1

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A very premature baby strapped onto the medical skateboard

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We know how kids learn to read, so why are we failing to teach them?

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We know how kids learn to read, so why are we failing to teach them?

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Australia’s detention of child asylum seekers has harmed their health

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Later bedtimes on weekends are linked to weight gain in children

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Your early life shapes the mix of good and bad viruses in your gut

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River had his genome sequenced as part of the trial, which revealed he has a genetic condition called Gaucher disease. He was then started on an experimental treatment and his now a "typical 2-year-old"

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Rapid genome sequencing helps save hundreds of critically ill babies

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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 03: Nicole Fahey, of Altadena, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination booster shot from RN Veronique (cq) Vida (cq) at Eugene A. Obregon Park on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. The County of Los Angeles, including Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, and Norma Edith Garc?a-Gonz?lez, Director of Parks and Recreation, will host a media event kicking off COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11 in Los Angeles County. The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is proposed to be given in two 10-microgram (mcg) doses administered 21 days apart. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns from infection

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Should you have children? The true costs and benefits of parenthood

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Should you have children? The true costs and benefits of parenthood

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France. Normandy. Fecamp. Coronavirus. Marie and her son Gaston, totally confined to the house. Both are infected with the virus,??that day the symptoms were strong. Few days later Marie and Gaston will be recovered from the virus and fine again.

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What effect did lockdown have on your child’s immune system?

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US hospitals are facing critically low supplies of liquid ibuprofen

In response to a shortage of liquid ibuprofen, the US Food and Drug Administration is temporarily allowing manufacturers to produce and distribute non-FDA approved drugs for relieving fever and pain

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Why are children catching so many illnesses this winter?

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Timing of expressing milk and a baby drinking it affects infant sleep

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Flu, RSV and cost of living will all harm UK child health this winter

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What will a population of 8 billion people mean for us and the planet?

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