Latest about children
Pfizer starts COVID-19 vaccine trial in young kids
Pfizer is the latest COVID-19 vaccine maker to test its shot in young children.
Moderna starts COVID-19 vaccine trial in infants and young children
The trial includes children in the U.S. and Canada.
CDC issues new guidelines for safely reopening schools
The recommendations provide a "long-needed road map" for reopening schools, officials said.
Hand sanitizer is causing an epidemic of chemical burns to children's eyes
All that sanitizer people have been using since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic has led to more than just dry hands and eye-watering smells: It's nearly blinding some children.
Children can be stealth superspreaders of malaria to mosquitoes
These asymptomatic infections can undermine efforts to eliminate malaria.
When should we start testing COVID-19 vaccines in kids?
A vaccine cannot be approved for use in kids until vaccine trials with young participants are complete.
Fall could bring rare, paralyzing illness in children, CDC warns
Whether social distancing measures to prevent COVID-19 will also reduced AFM cases is unknown.
Mysterious inflammatory syndrome tied to COVID-19 is showing up in adults in their early 20s
A mysterious inflammatory syndrome tied to COVID-19 that has been reported in children is now also turning up in young adults in their early 20s.
