Category: Children
Ghana: Third death from Marburg virus confirmed
The World Health Organization has confirmed that a child recently died in Ghana after contracting the Marburg virus. More...
Diptheria: First case in Switzerland for 40 years
Several people have been infected with diphtheria at a centre for asylum seekers – the first known cases of the bacterial infection in Switzerland in nearly 40 years. More...
Polio detected in Rockland County, New York
“The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and the Rockland County Department of Health today alerted the public to a case of polio in a Rockland County resident.” More...
Preprint: Paediatric monkeypox patient with unknown source of infection *1 update*
“We describe a paediatric case of MPX in the Netherlands. More...
BMJ: Stop gaslighting the public over Covid-19
“The government must stop gaslighting the public and be honest about the threat the pandemic still poses to them and the NHS”. More...
UK ONS: nearly 3.5 million infections in the UK in the last week
The UK Covid horror show continues….
The latest coronavirus numbers from the UK Office of National Statistics show that nearly 3.5 million people were infected with Covid in the last week, that’s more than one in twenty people in every area of the country. More...
UK: New pandemic-high record for Covid cases
The UK has just breached its all-time record for new Covid cases. More...
Japan: Pediatric acute encephalopathy following Covid-19 infection
Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture has reported cases in which a young girl died and another suffered paralysis from acute encephalopathy after coronavirus infections. More...
Italy: It’s the second highest Covid peak ever
Covid-19 infections in Italy are 100 times greater than one year ago.
More...Italy: Pediatric hospitalizations due to Covid-19 double in one week
In Italy, 78% of child admissions are currently children under 4 years of age. More...