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Rachael Barr

Dr Rachael Barr is an NHS paediatrician and paediatric immunology researcher, a Wellcome GW4 Clinical Doctoral Fellow at the University of Bristol.

Sep 8, 2026

15:08
What do you recommend concerning sunscreen? And then related question, what about the order of bug repellent and sunscreen? Should they be combination? Which should you apply first?
15:20
Yeah, so my youngest is very, very fair and very blonde, despite my dark hair.
15:27
So I have thought about this quite a lot.
15:29
But in terms of sun protection, you do need to be really careful And you need to think about both UVA and UVB protection.
15:37
So I think people often talk about SPF, which is important, but you, again, I don't know if it's the same in the US, so I apologize if it's different, but we have a star rating as well as an SPF.
15:47
And one of them is for UVA and one of them is for UVB.
15:49
So it's important that you look at both.

10 MINS LATER

25:42
What are your tips for jet travel with children?
PipHOST
5:43
It feels huge, doesn't it?
5:46
It does, and it's, it's this really overwhelming thing.
5:49
You're suddenly handed this brand-new entire human and told you can go home, uh, and they're your responsibility now.
5:59
And that's, that's a huge change that I don't even really know how to put into words.
6:04
Um, and so it's kind of unsurprising that when you get home and something's not quite right-All of your evolutionary instincts now are designed to keep this tiny person safe and alive and well.
6:18
You know, that's how we're programmed to survive as a species.
6:21
So your brain is in overdrive looking for threats, looking for injuries and illness and problems so that you can head them off at the pass.

11 MINS LATER

PipHOST
17:36
Mm

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