August 5, 2021 US surgeon general: FDA likely to OK COVID-19 vaccines in younger kids amid school year U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy predicted Wednesday that younger kids under 12 could become eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine during the upcoming school year.
August 4, 2021 Domenech: Children are not the Left’s kryptonite, but its cure On Wednesday's "ӣƵ Primetime," host Ben Domenech hit out at the Left's attack on children, explaining that kids are "refutations of everything woke leftists believe."
August 3, 2021 NIH director backs away from suggestion that parents wear masks at home to protect kids The head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tried to walk back his comments suggesting that parents wear masks at home to protect unvaccinated children.
August 2, 2021 AMA faces backlash after opposing putting sex on birth certificates The American Medical Association (AMA) is receiving criticism after its House of Delegates called for removing sex markers on birth certificates, with an advisory committee arguing that their inclusion "perpetuates a view that [sex] is immutable."
August 2, 2021 Mask guidance amid rise in delta variant divides parents heading into new school year With U.S. health officials recommending that children mask up in school this fall, parents and policy makers across the nation have been plunged anew into a debate over whether face coverings should be optional or a mandate.
August 2, 2021 Back to school anxiety: Start prepping kids for return to in-person learning weeks in advance, experts say Parents can ease children’s transition to in-person learning after months of virtual schooling, depending on the district, through clear talks over safety guidelines, structured sleep schedules, validating worries and addressing grief after a tumultuous year, experts told ӣƵ.
July 31, 2021 10-year-old girl killed after rock crashes through windshield A 10-year-old Idaho girl was killed when a rock crashed through the windshield of her father’s truck and hit in her in the head
July 30, 2021 Data on pediatric COVID-19 deaths in US remains unclear Health officials in some areas of the country have sounded the alarm over increasing rates of hospitalizations among pediatric COVID-19 patients, but whether the risk for this population has changed due to emerging variants like delta remains unclear.
July 29, 2021 Texas pediatric hospitals report uptick in COVID-19 patients Northern Texas hospitals are reporting an increase in pediatric COVID-19 patients as federal data indicates the state is battling a high level of viral transmission.
July 29, 2021 Mississippi teen who died of COVID-19 had 'common' medical issue, official says Health officials in Mississippi said a teenager with a “common” underlying health condition died from COVID-19 recently, marking the state’s fourth pediatric fatality related to the virus since the pandemic began.