4 h. ago Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America

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4 h. ago Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America

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54 h. ago Eastleigh bus crash LIVE: Nearly 20 children hurt as double decker goes in river

Emergency crews are at the scene in Eastleigh, Hampshire where a bus carrying children has crashed into a river. A number of casualties have been reported

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7 d. ago Why does this billionaire have 100 kids in 12 countries? | Arwa Mahdawi

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, plans to leave his money to all his offspring – conceived out of ‘civic duty’Pavel Durov is a Russian-born billionaire whose interests include doing half-naked photoshoots with baby goats and having lots and lots of (human) kids. The 40-year-old billionaire founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram revealed last year– in a post on his own app – that while he isn’t married and prefers to live alone, he has over 100 biological children in 12 countries via sperm donation.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Kate Middleton issues 'caring' message after pulling out of Royal Ascot appearance

The Princess of Wales has written a personal message to mark Children's Hospice Week, which is being led by Together for Short Lives, the charity for children's palliative care

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8 d. ago Parents warned of subtle signs child having dangerous reaction to summer treat

After the Food Standards Agency said children under seven should not consume slush ice drinks which contain glycerol, parents have been warned of the symptoms to look out for

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9 d. ago Faces of the innocent lives wiped out in an instant: The British victims of Air India plane crash

Relations of the 53 Britons on board have paid tribute to the nurses, teachers, lovers, parents, children and friends whose lives were tragically cut short last week.

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1 week ago Justice Sotomayor dissents US supreme court decision that ‘authorizes untold harm to transgender children’ – live

Justice Sonia Sotomayor says decision ‘does irrevocable damage to the Equal Protection Clause’ and ‘invites legislatures to engage in discrimination’US supreme court upholds ban on youth gender-affirming careRussian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov warned on Wednesday that direct US military assistance to Israel could radically destabilise the situation in the Middle East, where an air war between Israel and Iran has raged for six days.In separate comments, the head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, Sergei Naryshkin, was quoted as saying that the situation between Israel and Iran was now critical. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Prosecution says Patterson 'lied' about feeding her children lunch leftovers to 'help cover her tracks'

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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1 week ago Kathy Lette looks back: ‘Older women are invisible, so I make sure to do something outrageous every day’

The author on her love for Spike Milligan, the furore over Puberty Blues, and why being middle-aged is greatBorn in 1958 in Sydney, Kathy Lette burst on to Australia’s literary scene in 1979 with Puberty Blues. Co‑written with Gabrielle Carey, the irreverent portrait of teenage girlhood became a cult classic, a film and a TV series. Relocating to London in the 1980s, Lette has worked as a columnist, television writer and campaigner, and has published a string of bestselling comic novels. She lives in London and has two children, Julius and Georgina, with her former husband, the human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson. Her latest novel, The Revenge Club, is out now.When I was 19, I was in a band called the Salami Sisters. As well as the occasional gig in a pub, we’d busk. The problem was, we kept getting arrested. I was furious. How come we were getting arrested for singing, when actual rapists were running free? My sister was a police constable at the time, so one day I bor...

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2 w. ago Trooping the Colour live updates: Kate, William and children celebrate official birthday with Charles and Camilla

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live royal coverage from the 2025 Trooping the Colour as the nation celebrates King Charles' official birthday with a military parade in London

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2 w. ago Trooping the Colour live updates: Kate, William and children arrive along with other senior royals to celebrate King Charles' official birthday

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live royal coverage from the 2025 Trooping the Colour as the nation celebrates King Charles' official birthday with a military parade in London

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2 w. ago Myleene Klass shows off 'new office' after revealing major personal move after saving children's lives

The Loose Women star has been praised as she revealed a major personal achievement away from her music career and TV roles

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2 w. ago Government told to ditch 'NO BALL GAMES' signs and ban phones in schools after screens blamed for 50pc decline in time playing outside

A new inquiry calls for smartphones to be banned in schools as part of a national strategy to get young people outdoors and 'disrupt the addictive grip of digital devices on children's lives'.

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2 w. ago Government urged to disrupt ‘addictive grip’ of smartphones on children’s lives

Urgent action is needed to create more opportunities for children to play outdoors and away from digital devices, report suggests.

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2 w. ago Toddler, two, 'killed by his grandparents' had bleed on the brain caused by 'repeated assaults' and was 'probably going to die', court hears

Dr Jayaratnam Jayamohan said Ethan Ives-Griffiths had been 'desperately ill' when he was rushed to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, on August 14, 2021.

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2 w. ago Notorious paedophile jailed for abusing girls allowed to live feet from children's playground with no knowledge from Probation Service

Todros Grynhaus was imprisoned for more than 13 years in 2015, found guilty of seven offences against two young girls between 1996 and 2004.

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2 w. ago Notorious paedophile jailed for abusing girls allowed to live metres from children's playground with no knowledge from probation service

Todros Grynhaus was imprisoned for more than 13 years in 2015, found guilty of seven offences against two young girls between 1996 and 2004.

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2 w. ago Notorious paedophile allowed to live just 24 steps from a children's playground

EXCLUSIVE: Todros Grynhaus was jailed for 13 years in 2015 after a campaign of sexual abuse against two teenage girls - now he's living just yards from a playground. Nicole Wootton-Cane reports.

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3 w. ago It’s my goal to live to 100 – and it’s not just diet and exercise that will help me achieve it | Devi Sridhar

Every time my mind goes down the ‘optimisation’ route, I’m reminded of my job as a public health scientist, looking into the factors that affect how long we will liveProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, and the author of How Not to Die (Too Soon)For much of the past century, life expectancy continually increased. In most countries in the world, children could hope to live, on average, longer, healthier lives than their parents. This expectation is still true of the mega-wealthy. In fact, tech billionaires and multimillionaires have recently been fixated on finding the secret to longer life, convinced that with enough money, technology and cutting-edge science, they can stave off the inevitable for a few more decades to reach 120 or even 150 years old.But their efforts aren’t trickling down to the rest of us. The world’s health crises are getting worse, with life expectancy going backwards in several high-income countries, such as the UK ...

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