The pandemic will create global famines ‘of biblical proportions’, the World Food Program head says
Parents are in a unique position this summer. It may be several months before kids become eligible for the vaccine.
A year of school shutdowns and family trauma leads to social isolation, stress and mental-health issues
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A new poll shows parents are split on getting their kids the coronavirus vaccine.
Prasad says it’s time to move COVID vaccine doses to wherever they will save the most lives
A group of Democratic lawmakers wrote to Mark Zuckerberg this week to press the CEO on his plans to curate a version of Instagram for children.
A trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on children in the UK has been paused even as the country’s medicines regulator probes a possible link of the vaccine with rare blood clots in adults, the media reported.
In a grim reminder of the death toll from COVID-19, a new study published by the American Medical Association found that nearly 40,000 U.S. children have lost one of their parents to the virus.
All governments violating children’s rights in conflict zones must be put on the ‘list of shame’, with no exceptions.
Palestinians living Gaza continue to suffer from deteriorating economic and living conditions due to Israeli blockade
COVID-19 vaccines are now being tested in children, with students at the middle school level or even younger possibly able to get vaccinated just in time for the next academic year.
Activists demand that Mexico better protect the rights of people crossing the country, outside the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles, July 3, 2014. The U.S. may house migrant kids at an Army National Guard base in California, the Pentagon said.
These plant-based activities will teach kids about springtime science.
Remote learning, the loss of sports and activities and social isolation have caused an increase in anxiety and depression for children of all ages over the past year.
The pandemic has led more kids to ask about such topics as loneliness, isolation, boredom, illness and death. When the Seattle schools closed this spring, I began continuing the philosophy sessions I lead in elementary school classrooms on Zoom, with small groups of children with whom I’ve been working this year.
As parents, we tend to want to make things better for our kids. But the seriousness of the novel coronavirus has forced us to talk to our children seriously about their safety and the safety of others.