A mother has urged all pregnant women to take the whooping cough jab after her newborn spent 10 days in a coma with the infection.
Polly Deehy, from Dartford, Kent, was an otherwise healthy baby until her terrifying ordeal.
In April, at just two weeks old, she developed a rattly cough that left her struggling to breathe.
She was rushed to hospital four days later by her parents when she suddenly turned blue, her mother Kerry Pearson revealed.
After her
Pregnant women were today urged to get vaccinated against whooping cough amid a worrying surge in cases that has already killed five babies.
As a few as a quarter of expectant mothers have had the pertussis jab – offered between 16 and 32 weeks — in parts of London.
Similarly low levels are seen in other parts of the capital and Birmingham.
Experts today warned the outbreak could be the biggest ‘of the last 40 years’.
Almost 3,000 cases have
The last time Beewan Athwal and Adrian Kirby saw their beautiful, vibrant 12-year-old daughter alive she was skipping up the stairs to bed.
It was an ordinary Saturday night, in December 2020, and Amy, who had spent the day wrapping Christmas presents for her friends, turned back briefly towards her parents. ‘Good night,’ she said. ‘I love you.’ It was a fleeting moment of affection, and one which TV producer Beewan, from North London, now carries close to her heart.
A family of four with two young children, including a newborn baby, and an elderly couple are among the 10 people who are confirmed to have died in a deadly blaze that consumed a block of flats in Valencia last night.
Firefighters and police, currently on the fourth floor of the 14-storey block of flats, slowly made their way up the apartment block in the upmarket Campanar neighbourhood of Valencia and have confirmed that ten is the final death toll
In late January, the internet went all “Baby shark, doo doo doo.”
Video of a purported newborn white shark, taken by a drone off the coast of California, went viral, garnering over a million views and a spate of somewhat breathless news coverage. The shark measured an estimated 1.5 meters long and appeared to be shedding a whitish film, possibly from recent birth, Carlos Gauna and Phillip Sternes described January 29 in Environmental Biology of Fishes.
A month after succeeding to the throne aged 47 in 2005, Albert was in for a shock as one of his closely kept secrets was about to be revealed to the world.
For few knew, the prince had enjoyed a secret six-year relationship with a glamorous ex-Air France attendant who had also given birth to his son around 18 months earlier, in 2003.
The relationship between Nicole Coste and the Prince began following a chance encounter on a flight from
Kate Middleton has a new nephew after her younger brother James and his wife Alizee Thevenet welcomed a son a few weeks ago.
The brother of the Princess of Wales, 36, revealed his little boy Inigo was born a few weeks ago in an adorable Instagram post after he and his wife were spotted out and about with a pram for the first time yesterday.
Sharing a photo of Inigo’s tiny hand ‘holding’ a badge containing an emblem of his
The Princess of Wales’ brother James Middleton has welcomed his first chid with wife Alizee Thevenet.
The entrepreneur, 36, and French financier, 33, were spotted going for a walk with the newborn in Notting Hill on Tuesday.
The baby – whose gender has not been revealed – is the first cousin of Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis and the niece or nephew of Kate and William.
The parents have kept the exact details and date of the baby’s
A first-time mother was left gobsmacked when her newborn baby started lifting her head and attempting to crawl just three days after being born.
Samantha Mitchell, from White Oak, Pennsylvania, and her own mother captured the incredible moment on camera while little Nyilah Daise Tzabari was lying on her stomach in the hospital cot.
The little one can be seen wriggling around, making noises and lifting her head for a few seconds while looking around.
In a video shared to
Robert De Niro’s newborn seventh child has been seen for the first time, as doting mom Tiffany Chen went for a walk with her baby in NYC on Wednesday.
The iconic actor, 79, shocked the world when he revealed he had ‘just had a baby’ in an interview earlier this week – after Tiffany, who is believed to be 45 – was seen with a baby bump in March.
The pair’s newborn child – who appeared to be less than
