All news on the topic: Childhood diseases and illnesses

A STUDENT claims she was hospitalised after contracting "kissing disease" from snogging a guy in a bar - saying it "ruined" her graduation.Singleton N

A MUM who was told her common heart condition was "nothing to worry about" died from a complication just months after giving birth.Hollie Lowes was di

A heartbroken woman who lost four children is now mom torareidenticalquadruplets that she conceived naturally.Karissa Vancamp-Smith,

AN END-of-life nurse has revealed some of the "worst" diseases to die from as well as the most peaceful ways to pass away.As a hospice nurse, Julie Mc

“DADDY, can we play football?”Those are the most beautiful words in the world to Mo Hussain, 38, from Blackburn, because they mean his five-year-o

A BRITISH tourist was "terrified" and had to quarantine in hospital after she returned home from holiday with a tropical virus.Emma Cox, 27, visited G

A SIMPLE check could reveal if your child is silently living with type 1 diabetes.The condition causes people's blood sugar levels to remain too high,

A 'GAMECHANGING' cancer test could give children with brain cancer an accurate diagnosis in 10 minutes, scientists say.There are four types of medullo

A HEARTWARMING video shows a little boy who was born deaf dancing for the first time after receiving an 'astounding' injection giving the ability to h

PARENTS are being urged to get their kids vaccinated against measles before heading abroad following outbreaks across Europe.The plea comes as new fig

A FIVE-year-old boy was diagnosed with cancer just weeks after his mum noticed him limping on the way home from school.Jack, who was previously "happy

AN URGENT warning has been issued to patients who visited a city's A&E department as they may have beenexposed to measles.The trust that run

A 'FUNNY and courageous' little boy passed away barely a year after receiving a shocking diagnosis.Albie Bayliss-Watts was initially diagnosed with to

A CHILD contracted a rare and 'severe' infection caused by animal wee after taking a dip in a popular swim spot, a council has said.Dedham Parish Coun

PASSENGERS on a Ryanair flight out of London have been dealt an urgent measles warning amid rising outbreak fears.The Health Service Executive (HSE) a

A FIVE-WEEK-OLD baby has died from whooping cough, public health officials have said.Five British babies have died from the disease so far this year,

A LITTLE boy was left paralysed after suffering a rare complication of chickenpox.Freddie Rushton was just four years old when he had a stroke - a sid

A TEEN told she had a "boring virus" died after doctors failed to spot signs of lethal meningitis and delayed giving her life-saving antibiotics.Mia G

WHEN mum-of-four, Vikki McAllister, looks at her daughter, April, she sees beauty and bravery.Living with a rare facial difference, April

PHARMACISTS are warning of shortages of whooping cough antibiotics as the UK faces the biggest outbreak in over a decade.Five infants have died of the

A WOMAN who suffered severe morning sickness has told how she lost her baby after hospital failings.Katie Fraser, 35, had the medical condition hypere

A mum who thought her toddler's snoring was caused by a cough picked up at nursery was horrified when it turned out he had leukaemia.Ellie Keating not

AN urgent warning has sparked panic buying in a seaside town and sent tourists fleeing after hundreds fell sick.Locals in parts of Devon have been urg

A MYSTERY illness has claimed the lives of four individuals in Nigeria, with a local official warning that "children are at risk".The disease is bein

THREE people in Saudi Arabia who have had no direct contact with camels have contracted 'camel flu', sparking concern among scientists.It is not clear