Coronavirus infections do NOT start with a fever in most children, small study finds

How to know if kids have coronavirus: Infections do NOT start with a fever in most children, small study finds, as experts warn parents to look out for diarrhea and nausea instead Researchers at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China, looked at five hospitalized children under five years old Three of the five kids needed an … Read more

Father, 40, attacked his children and slit their throats, inquest hears 

Two children aged one and three died after their throats were slit by their father, an inquest has heard. Nineteen-month-old Pavinya Nithiyakumar and three-year-old Nigish Nithiyakumar died after suffering knife wounds at their home in Ilford, east London on Sunday, April 26.   Their father Nithin Kumar, 40, also suffered a knife injury and is in … Read more

Children hit by inflamed blood vessels had coronavirus, study finds

EXCLUSIVE By Jake Wallis Simons, Associate Global Editor A mother has told how her two-year-old son was rushed to hospital with a dangerous inflammatory syndrome thought to be linked to COVID-19. Gemma Brown, 38, told MailOnline that her son, Bertie, was admitted to Worcestershire Royal hospital last month on his second birthday, when his temperature … Read more

Meghan Markle reads book to Archie on Save The Children

With his cheeky grin and head of strawberry blonde hair, birthday boy Archie Mountbatten-Windsor is the spitting image of his father Prince Harry in an adorable family video shared on social media this morning.   Archie, who turns one today, shows off his first teeth as he smiles at his father behind the camera while mother … Read more

Having children at home is perfect chance to teach them about money

Parents up and down the country are now working from home while also trying to find the time to teach their children.  But it’s not just algebra they should be swotting up on.  To help, Money Mail has compiled ten practical and invaluable, lessons for your children on personal finance…   Wealth of knowledge: Lockdown offers … Read more

Children CAN spread coronavirus, studies claim as NIH launches trial to track pediatric infections 

Children are capable of transmitting the novel coronavirus, two new international studies claim. Over the course of the pandemic, fewer children compared to adults have fallen ill and, when they are infected, their symptoms are milder. But it’s been unclear if they can spread the virus to adults. Now, researchers in China and Germany say they … Read more

Boris Johnson’s divorce from Marina Wheeler, the mother of four of his children, is granted

Boris Johnson’s second divorce has been granted, leaving him free to plan his wedding with fiancee Carrie Symonds when lockdown restrictions are eased.  Marina Wheeler, 55, shares four of the Prime Minister’s six children and applied for a decree absolute in February.  It is understood that this was granted before Ms Symonds gave birth to … Read more

More families come forward after their children suffer inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus

More ‘petrified’ parents have come forward after their children were struck down with tell-tale signs of a mysterious coronavirus-linked inflammatory syndrome that has hospitalised at least 20 youngsters and left a dozen fighting for their lives. An alert was issued by NHS bosses on Tuesday warning GPs there had been a surge in youngsters needing … Read more

Parents reveal their children eat electrical wiring, stones and even their own SKIN

Imagine if every time you turned away for a few seconds, your child picked up a stone and swallowed it. That’s the reality for families caring for youngsters with pica – an eating disorder that causes a compulsion to eat non-food items. Speaking to FEMAIL, three families from around the UK, have revealed how they … Read more

Coronavirus: Children just as likely to catch infection, study says

Children are just as likely as adults to get infected with the coronavirus and spread it to other people, a study has found. In research that will come as a blow to Britain’s hopes of reopening schools any time soon, scientists in China found children are just as at risk of infection. How COVID-19 affects … Read more