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CDC issues new guidelines for safely reopening schools
By Rachael Rettner published
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
By Rafi Letzter published
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
By Nicoletta Lanese published
These asymptomatic infections can undermine efforts to eliminate malaria.
When should we start testing COVID-19 vaccines in kids?
By Nicoletta Lanese published
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
By Rachael Rettner published
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
By Rachael Rettner published
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.
At least 15 children in NYC are hospitalized with unusual inflammatory syndrome tied to COVID-19
By Rachael Rettner published
More than a dozen children in New York City have been hospitalized with an unusual inflammatory syndrome possibility related to COVID-19.
Study aims to uncover rate of COVID-19 infection among US children
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Participants and their families will submit samples remotely during the six-month study.
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