Record delta COVID-19 wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open With the highly contagious delta variant spreading across the U.S., children are filling hospital intensive care beds instead of classrooms in record numbers, more even than at the height of the pandemic.
Florida, Texas turn to COVID-19 antibody treatments amid new surges Doctors are increasingly turning to antibody drugs in a bid to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed by a surge of COVID-19 cases, a turnabout after months in which the treatments went mostly unused.
Special education teacher shortage impacting 48 states The U.S. Department of Education says most states don't have enough special education teachers fill vacancies.
COVID-19 surge in Florida school district forces thousands of students to isolate, quarantine More than 5,000 students in one Florida school district are in COVID-19-related isolation or quarantine, the school district said this week.
Kids under 3 with COVID-19 more likely to spread virus within household than teens, study finds Younger children may be more likely to transmit COVID-19 to caregivers and other siblings in the house than older kids, a new study out of Canada found, with researchers pointing to their behavior while sick as a possible driving factor.
Dozens of kids hospitalized with COVID-19 and RSV, Texas pediatrician says A top doctor at a Texas children’s hospital said they are treating dozens of children who were admitted for both respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19, and that many others have tested positive for both viruses but did not require hospitalization.
Kids hospitalized with COVID-19 hits record high, data reveals There are some 1,900 children in the United States hospitalized with COVID-19, according to updated data logged Monday by the US Department of Health and Human Services — setting a new pandemic record for kids.
California boy dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba while swimming A California boy who was on life support after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba likely while swimming in a lake has died, his family recently told news outlets.
Europe eyes arthritis drug for COVID-19 cases The European Medicines Agency has started an accelerated review process to determine if a common arthritis drug might help people hospitalized with severe COVID-19, months after the drug was granted an emergency use authorization in the U.S.
Babies born during COVID-19 pandemic tied with lower IQ, study suggests Preliminary findings by U.S. researchers suggest children born during the COVID-19 pandemic show lower IQ scores than those who were born before January 2020, but the underlying causes are still unknown.
