President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says this has been a phenomenon since the start of the pandemic

Oxford University study reveals even the ONS did not have a clear definition for fatalities, leaving ‘everyone seriously confused’

It has been one of the most enduring Covid conspiracy theories: that the 'gold standard' PCR tests used to diagnose the virus were picking up people who weren't actually infected.

Professor Sunetra Gupta of Oxford University explains herd immunity, highlighting critical details about both the concept and its relevance to the COVID-19 p...

Editor-in-Chief, Jay Bhattacharya and Lord Sumption discuss the legal, ethical, and political implications of COVID-19 policy responses

A consultant says "unprecedented numbers" of youngsters in mental anguish are being admitted to A&E.

US study finds infants born during the crisis scored lower on motor and social skills than pre-Covid children

Father, Perry Blatz, shares his son's experience living in a Pennsylvania group home during the COVID-19 pandemic

The arrival of your first child is meant to be a joyful time, but my birth was so traumatic I feel like I've been scarred for life

Two years of lockdowns, distancing and homeschooling have harmed our children’s education – and questions remain about how they can catch up

If we'd focused on shielding the vulnerable population rather than restricting everyone's freedoms, we would be in a better position today

Lockdowns themselves affect our ability to evaluate lockdowns

We transferring societal responsibilities to the individual and sentencing many to loss of livelihood, education and hope

People talk about their decisions to go private to beat NHS waiting lists affected by the pandemic.

How vast spending and economic dislocation have done very little to prevent the most dangerous infections

Deaths in Scotland have been above average for months despite the decline in Covid-19 as more people die at home of heart attacks, strokes and substance abuse.The hidden cost of the pandemic and the...

More children are self-harming or taking overdoses, and at younger ages, says doctor John Wright.

Managing risk in the face of uncertainty requires consideration of all potential harms

Frustration mounts as Rodrigo Duterte rejects a pilot reopening of schools for fear children could pass coronavirus to elderly relatives

Mario Finotti, 91, died after he tied bedsheets around his waist and clambered out of the window in northern Italy

Jane Smith, former NHS employee, talks frankly about her fight to see and care for her mum during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her own mental health struggles which have resulted from their forced...

PCR is an important and powerful tool, but its systematic misuse and misreporting risk undermining its usefulness and credibility.

Increased mental illness and cancer are causing suffering and deaths

Father, Perry Blatz, shares his son's experience living in a Pennsylvania group home during the COVID-19 pandemic

The narrow perspectives and experiences of decision-makers had an unprecedented effect on the worst-off

Discussing the effects of lockdowns on children confirms that we are finally entering a phase of Covid ‘narrative collapse’

Foster places in short supply and council budgets buckling as social service referrals increase by up to 40% in some areas

An Ofsted report found babies and toddlers struggling to crawl and communicate, low in confidence and with speech and language difficulties

Researchers Ellen Townsend and Matthew Owens discuss the findings of their new study on elevated levels of depression in university students

More than 200,000 pupils will move from primary school to secondary school this autumn without being able to read properly, according to unpublished government

Experts say that while children in rich countries are mainly back in school despite Covid, those from poorer countries are generally not

Carl Heneghan on the abandonment of care homes during the pandemic.

DOCTORS are treating children for mental health conditions "on a scale not seen before" as the pandemic and lockdown takes its toll.

Levels of anxiety are soaring among the young, with one in six five- to 16-year-olds reporting a probable mental health disorder last year

Researchers say that human debris impacting avian wildlife is a 'global issue'

The lockdowns of Spring of 2020 were likely responsible for much more of the decline in economic activity than the consensus among economists admits.

The Philippines has allowed minors at least 5 years old to go outdoors, easing one of the world’s strictest pandemic restrictions on kids after keeping them at home for more than a year.

The evidence shows the overall impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents is likely to be severe.

Waiting times grow across the UK for potentially life-saving MRI and CAT scans, figures show.

Serious child harm cases reported by councils in England rose by nearly 20% during the first year of the pandemic. | ITV National News

As referrals rise for self-harm and eating disorders rise by 77%, schools see a wave of other less severe issues.

Study examining post-mortems found cases of markedly decomposed bodies increased by 70pc after UK went into lockdown

A year in review - Collateral Global's progress throughout 2021