Tag: Child and teen health
Gaza children bearing the brunt in Israel-Hamas conflict
GAZA CITY, Gaza — Suzy Ishkontana hardly speaks or eats. It’s been two days since the 7-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble of...
EXPLAINER: Do I still have to wear a mask? What about kids?
The government's new guidance on masks for vaccinated people has left some Americans confused and sent businesses and states scrambling to adjust their rules....
Severe drought crisis deepens along Oregon-California border
PORTLAND, Ore. — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water...
US calls reports of migrant children in buses ‘unacceptable’
Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are “completely unacceptable” if true, U.S....
Vaccinations of 12- to 15-year-olds begins in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Coronavirus vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds will begin Thursday in Wisconsin after an advisory committee for the U.S. Centers for Disease...
Feds provide $7.4B for public health; school nurses in plan
WASHINGTON — The government will provide $7.4 billion to expand the nation's public health capacity by hiring school nurses to vaccinate kids and creating...
CDC advisers mull how to use Pfizer shots in kids 12 and up
States are rolling out Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to pediatricians and even some school vaccine clinics as they prepare to vaccinate millions of kids as...
Schools ditch student mask requirements in growing numbers
As a lengthy, bitter fight over mask requirements for students neared its conclusion, the chairperson of a Florida school board announced that she would...
EXPLAINER: How COVID-19 vaccines will work for kids in US
NEW YORK — Children ages 12 and older can now roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., offering parents and schools...
AIDS virus used in gene therapy to fix ‘bubble baby’ disease
A gene therapy that makes use of an unlikely helper, the AIDS virus, gave a working immune system to 48 babies and toddlers who...
