How To Check If You (Or Your Children) Have Had The Polio Vaccine

How To Check If You (Or Your Children) Have Had The Polio Vaccine

People are being urged to ensure their polio vaccines are up to date after an outbreak of the virus was detected in UK sewage samples.Polio, which was officially eradicated in the UK in 2003, can cause paralysis in rare cases and can be life-threatening. Public health officials have declared a national incident while the latest traces are being investigated. Polio is caused by a virus that spreads easily when an infected person […]

23 June 2022

ageing

Empowered, Indifferent, Old: This Is How Men Feel About Turning 40

Prince William turns 40 this week. “Am I where I expected to be at 40?” This is probably not a question Prince William is asking himself as enters his fifth decade. But the Duke of Cambridge’s birthday has got us thinking about milestone ages, and why some of us place so much significance on certain numbers. For women, approaching ‘The Big Four O’ often means discussions of fertility and the biological clock intensify […]

21 June 2022

Cleaning

12 Quick Fixes To Save Your Home From Spills, Stains And Scribbles

Stains, spills and scribbles happen: it's how you deal with them that counts.We hope you love the products we recommend! All of them were independently selected by our editors. Just so you know, HuffPost UK may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. Oh, and FYI — prices are accurate and items in stock as of […]

19 June 2022

Family

We Love Pride, And So Do Our Kids

You’re never too young to go to Pride.Don’t believe us? Ask mum-of-one Kate Everall, who’s taken her son since he was born, or mum-of-three Amie Jones, whose made wearing the family’s Pride-themed babygrow a rite of passage among her horde.The fastest way to teach kids #LoveIsLove is by celebrating it in all forms from day one. Add in some rainbow flags, glitter and fun and they won’t question it one […]

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Dads

21 Last Minute Father’s Day Gifts To Arrive In Time For Dad

We hope you love the products we recommend! All of them were independently selected by our editors. Just so you know, HuffPost UK may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. Oh, and FYI — prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication.If you haven’t bought a gift for your dad with […]

16 June 2022 2

Children

13 Brilliant Paddling Pools That’ll Arrive In Time For The Heatwave

The best pools for chilling out in this summerWe hope you love the products we recommend! All of them were independently selected by our editors. Just so you know, HuffPost UK may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. Oh, and FYI — prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication.The sun […]

15 June 2022

Babies

20 Most Popular Travel-Inspired Baby Names For Boys And Girls

Baby is sitting in a suitcase, getting ready for a travel. Selective focus. Child.When you’re trying to think of a unique baby name, what things come to mind? You might choose a name outside your culture, a food or flower or superhero name, or you might try and find a name people really haven’t heard before.Travel-inspired names are always a popular bet. I’m sure many of us know a Paris […]

14 June 2022

coronavirus

Long Covid Is Impacting 2 Million Brits. Are You One Of Them?

Two million people in the UK are suffering from long Covid, according to the ONS.As many as two million people in the UK may be suffering from long Covid, according to new Office for National Statistics data.Of those two million, 1.4 million people say they have had symptoms for at least 12 weeks, whilst 826,000 have been suffering for at least a year.1.4 million people who have long Covid said […]

8 June 2022

how to raise a kid

Prince William And Kate Middleton Joke About Prince Louis’ Hilarious Antics

Prince Louis was the breakthrough hit at his great-grandmother’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, and his parents are embracing it. The little royal captivated onlookers as he unabashedly acted his age, rotating between excited and cuddly, cheeky, bored and just plain over it during the festivities to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne.“What a fantastic weekend of celebrations,” Prince William and Kate Middleton wrote on their official Twitter account Monday.The Duke […]

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