More than one in 10 three-year-olds have tooth decay, the first survey of the age group shows.

David Cameron is to tell the Conservative Party conference there will be more money to ensure seven-day GP access is rolled out across England by 2020.

A large American study suggests young children who are given repeated courses of antibiotics are more likely than those given fewer drugs to be obese.

At least 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone who have lost one or both parents to Ebola this year face being shunned, the UN says.

A boy with irreversible brain damage should be taken off a life-support machine despite the objections of his parents, a High Court judge rules.

More than half of stillbirths in the UK could be prevented if the NHS implemented additional scans, a leading obstetrician tells Panorama.