Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

Several countries, including the US and Australia, recommend vaccinating children aged five to 11 against COVID. The UK was much slower to approve this compared with some other countries and labelled ...

The fatality rate for COVID-19 in children and adolescents in England was five per 100,000 during the first year of the pandemic, however this increased to almost 90 per 100,000 among children with ...

At least 99,000 school children are homeless in temporary accommodation before Christmas in England, startling figures show. Ministry of Housing data obtained by charity Shelter found that at least ...

LONDON — Parents in England will no longer be charged burial and cremation fees for children after Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the government would set up a fund to cover the charges.

An area of Cheshire has the worst obesity rate in England for children starting primary school, latest figures reveal. It comes as one in 10 children in the first year of primary school in England are ...

One person younger than 20 has died because of an adverse reaction to the vaccine, according to the United Kingdom’s Office of National Statistics. A blog took data out of context and omitted that ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Permission to remove children from class for homeschooling should never be granted where abuse concerns have been flagged, the children's commissioner for England said Thursday. Dame ...

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