A seven-year-old boy has died after swallowing a button battery while on holiday in Portugal. The family - from Payerne, Switzerland - had been spending the winter break in the…
An 18-month-old boy died in agony after drinking a glass of acid his mum had been using to clean the toilet. Victim Muhammet Ala had apparently mistaken the clear liquid…
A giant baby measuring 59 centimetres (two feet) and weighing a whopping 7.328 kilogrammes (16 lb) has been born in Brazil. Supersize Angerson Santos came into the world at Hospital…
A three-year-old boy has been saved after surgeons removed a silver play coin that had been stuck in his throat for three months. His parents - from Siem Pang District,…
Soldiers on war games in the Austrian alps have been seriously injured after they were flattened by an avalanche as they dug snow caves. At least three German troopers were…
A four-year-old boy who had been stung by a scorpion died after ER medics treated him for pneumonia instead of lethal venom, a hospital inquiry has revealed. Victim Miguel Grijota…
A girl aged eight and her seven-year-old brother have died after they were bitten by a bat, with their toddler sister miraculously surviving. The girl died in the ICU on…
A toddler is fighting for his life in hospital after he was stung on the head by a scorpion while he slept at his home in Brazil. Little Thomas Caitano…
A mum whose own children had been taken into care has been arrested after she arranged to rent a baby from another mother for EUR 100 a month. The woman…
A three-year-old boy was stung to death by a swarm of killer bees after disturbing a nest outside the family home. The agonising attack happened when victim Marcos Suarez Medina…