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Children’s National Experts in the News
Our experts weigh in on coronavirus and offer helpful information in the media:
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- El Tiempo Latino: Children's National Hospital thinks creatively to help patients during COVID (April 29, 2022)
- Healio: Fewer children hospitalized with asthma exacerbations during early days of COVID-19 (April 29, 2022)
- KNX: COVID-19 vaccine for children under six (April 29, 2022)
- Reuters: Omicron spawns U.S. search for better kids' masks, new standard (April 8, 2022)
- Axios: When the masks came off… (April 5, 2022)
- NewsDay: Doctors struggle to find answers for children with long COVID (April 4, 2022)
- PEOPLE: After this pediatrician took her 6-year-old to get her COVID vaccine, 'It was a whole celebration' (April 1, 2022)
- WUSA 9: Here's what it takes to approve vaccines for kids (April 1, 2022)
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- WJLA: Moderna to submit data to FDA for vaccine for kids (March 30, 2022)
- Healio: Pandemic school shutdowns reduced bullying among kids with food allergies (March 25, 2022)
- Bloomberg: ‘Forgotten’ parents of kids under five push FDA to clear Moderna shot (March 24, 2022)
- KJZZ: COVID-19 reveals, deepens mental, physical and educational crises among young people (March 23, 2022)
- The Washington Post Magazine: We have essentially turned a blind eye to our own children for decades (March 22, 2022)
- CNN: Where the U.S. stands on COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 (March 21, 2022)
- The Washington Post: How pandemic-weary parents can bring back date night, and why it matters (March 21, 2022)
- Fortune: ‘No one is this resilient’: Children with long COVID symptoms struggle to lead everyday lives (March 15, 2022)
- ABC News, AP, Daily Mail, Kaiser Health News, Medical Xpress, NBC Washington, The Independent, WTOP, Yahoo: For kids with COVID-19, everyday life can be a struggle (March 14, 2022)
- KNX In Depth: COVID-19 pandemic two years later (March 14, 2022)
- WJLA: 'It takes time.': Doctor on fixing picky eating for kids amid COVID loss of smell, taste (March 11, 2022)
- The Atlantic: We still don’t know the risk of long COVID (March 11, 2022)
- SciLine: The pandemic’s impacts on children (March 4, 2022)
- AAP News: Two years later: Pandemic still front and center for pediatricians (March 4, 2022)
- Scientific American: When should COVID school restrictions lift? Intense debates persist (March 2, 2022)
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- The Washington Post: What is long covid? Current understanding about risks, symptoms and recovery. (February 28, 2022)
- The Washington Post: What to know about MIS-C, a rare inflammatory condition in children (February 25, 2022)
- Becker’s Hospital Review, CNN: As omicron cases fall, doctors anxiously await possible surge of dangerous child complication MIS-C (February 24, 2022)
- The Wall Street Journal: The science behind why children fare better with COVID-19 (February 24, 2022)
- Sessions with Bob and Lena: The pandemic and kids' mental health (February 24, 2022)
- WJZ 13 CBS: UMD will help create masks specifically for children (February 11, 2022)
- O’Dwyers: PR's top pros talk: Josh Wilson (February 10, 2022)
- MSN, USA Today, Yahoo: Is it time to phase out masks in schools? Why more states and doctors are saying yes. (February 9, 2022)
- NPR Here & Now: As cases of kids with long COVID rise, one mom warns: 'It can happen to literally anyone' (February 9, 2022)
- The Washington Post: School mask mandates are falling in states across the Northeast (February 8, 2022)
- Romper: How to navigate the confusing rules of COVID-19 isolation when a little kid tests positive (February 8, 2022)
- WJLA: Pediatric study looks to discover who is at risk of long-COVID (February 4, 2022)
- Nature: Does Omicron hit kids harder? Scientists are trying to find out (February 4, 2022)
- NPR: A COVID-19 vaccine will soon be available for children under five (February 2, 2022)
- NBC Washington: ‘Hope is coming': Here's when kids under five may get COVID-19 shots (February 2, 2022)
- PedsDocTalk Podcast: Type I diabetes and kids and is there a link with COVID-19? (February 2, 2022)
- The Guardian: ‘The scariest thing’: the children living with long COVID (February 1, 2022)
- Politico: Schools reopened, but students’ mental health is still suffering (February 1, 2022)
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- NPR: Gun violence is killing more children. The pandemic may be playing a role (January 31, 2022)
- WUSA 9: Pediatricians seeing more kids reporting long-COVID symptoms (January 31, 2022)
- NBC Washington: New push to vaccinate children as pediatric cases rise (January 28, 2022)
- HealthLeaders Media: Children's National Hospital leader: Omicron variant 'hitting children hard' (January 28, 2022)
- Becker’s Hospital Review: Houston company to develop 5-layer COVID-19 mask for kids (January 28, 2022)
- GRID: Kids of color face a higher risk of severe COVID-19 – and have the lowest vaccination rates (January 27, 2022)
- WTOP: Kids recovering from COVID-19 not eating? Food may smell like rotting trash (January 26, 2022)
- C-SPAN: Children's National Hospital CEO on COVID-19 (January 26, 2022)
- The Washington Post: Coronavirus: Impact on Children with Kurt Newman, MD (January 25, 2022)
- Drugs.com, MedicineNet, Medical Xpress, UPI: U.S. teens were already in mental health crisis before pandemic hit (January 25, 2022)
- FOX 5: Analysis: Long-haul COVID-19 impacts on children (January 24, 2022)
- Salon: The kids are not alright: Data suggests 10% of children with COVID-19 become "long-haulers" (January 24, 2022)
- HealthDay: U.S. teens were already in mental health crisis before pandemic hit (January 24, 2022)
- The Washington Post: Coronavirus: Impact on Children with Kurt Newman, MD (January 21, 2022)
- The Washington Post: Does our child need to isolate? Can I use an at-home test on a baby? Your parenting pandemic questions answered. (January 21, 2022)
- CNBC, NBC Washington: Kids’ COVID-19 hospitalizations hit pandemic high, worrying doctors and parents about long-term impact (January 21, 2022)
- Latestly: Study examines how COVID-19 can impact pregnant women, their babies (January 21, 2022)
- Romper: If my toddler gets COVID-19, do they have immunity? (January 21, 2022)
- Medical Xpress, News Medical & Life Sciences: School closures for in-person learning during the pandemic have lasting effects on children (January 19, 2022)
- Science: COVID-19 starkly increases pregnancy complications, including stillbirths, among the unvaccinated (January 18, 2022)
- News Medical & Life Sciences: Harmful effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women and their newborns (January 18, 2022)
- The National Desk: 'Emergency' in kids' mental health underscores need for school psychologists amid shortage (January 18, 2022)
- NBC Washington: Hospitals treating record number of kids with COVID-19 (January 14, 2022)
- FOX 5: S. teens under mental health crisis during COVID-19 pandemic (January 14, 2022)
- Medical Xpress, Yahoo: What we do and don't know about the many ways COVID-19 can impact pregnant women and their babies (January 14, 2022)
- MSNBC: White House to send 10M free COVID-19 tests to schools (January 13, 2022)
- The Washington Post: Northam declares limited state of emergency aimed at helping hospitals in crisis (January 13, 2022)
- CBS News Radio Los Angeles: More children being hospitalized during omicron wave (January 10, 2022)
- The Atlantic: Omicron isn’t mild for the healthcare system (January 7, 2022)
- NBC Nightly News: Leading pandemic experts call for new U.S. COVID strategy as cases surge (January 7, 2022)
- The Washington Informer: More children in D.C. being hospitalized for omicron variant (January 6, 2022)
- CNN: What I realized when my toddler got COVID (January 6, 2022)
- The Washington Post: Coronavirus updates (January 6, 2022)
- The Washington Post: Fewer omicron-wave deaths so far in D.C., Maryland and Virginia belie hospital crisis (January 6, 2022)
- CNN: Data on vaccines for kids under 5 may come by June (January 6, 2022)
- ABC News, Good Morning America, Yahoo: Pediatricians answer parents' questions as kids return to school, daycare amid COVID-19 omicron surge (January 5, 2022)
- NBC Washington: Children's National Hospital reports record number of kids hospitalized with COVID-19 (January 5, 2022)
- WTOP: D.C. doctor backs FDA’s ok of booster shots for 12- to 15-year-olds (January 4, 2022)
- MSNBC: Millions of students return to the classroom with new COVID precautions (January 4, 2022)
- Hearst TV: Doctors say omicron may be presenting a new twist for kids (January 4, 2022)
- CNN The Situation Room: Pediatric hospitalizations up nearly 50% in a week (January 3, 2022)
- CNN Erin Burnett OutFront: U.S. breaks COVID cases record for third day in a row; Pediatric hospitalizations for COVID reach all-time high (January 3, 2022)
- WJLA: Children's National Hospital treating around 45 kids with COVID, most since pandemic began (January 3, 2022)
- Becker’s Hospital Review, Bloomberg: Kids’ COVID hospitalizations hit record in U.S. omicron surge (January 3, 2022)
- AXIOS D.C.: D.C. starts 2022 amid COVID-19 surge (January 3, 2022)
- CNN: Do you have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? Experts explain how to tell the difference (January 3, 2022)
- CNN: Vast majority of U.S. children admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 are unvaccinated (January 3, 2022)
- CNN: Schools grapple with omicron surge as kids return today (January 3, 2022)
- Good Morning America: 5 tips for parents as omicron spreads and pediatric hospitalizations rise (January 3, 2022)
- Spectrum News: CDC recommends reducing COVID isolation from 10 days to five (January 3, 2022)
- WTOP: Pediatricians: Amid COVID surge, parents can send kids back to school (January 3, 2022)
- WTOP: Latest COVID-19 surge is impacting pediatricians in the D.C. area (January 3, 2022)
- Becker’s Hospital Review: Children's National Hospital elevates CIO role (January 3, 2022)
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- CNN: New omicron variant fills up children's hospitals (December 28, 2021)
- AFP Fact Check: Video makes inaccurate claims about COVID-19 shots harming children (December 27, 2021)
- Healio Looking back: What we learned about MIS-C in 2021 (December 20, 2021)
- Mother Jones: “I was trying to protect my family” (December 20, 2021)
- Becker’s Hospital Review MIS-C cases didn't spike after delta surge, physicians say (December 15, 2021)
- Washington City Paper: C. expands children’s vaccine sites as Santa promotes the shot (December 15, 2021)
- Everyday Health: Surgeon general says mental health of America’s youth is in crisis: Where do we go from here? (December 15, 2021)
- NBC News: Doctors expected MIS-C cases to surge after the delta wave. They didn't. (December 14, 2021)
- Hearst TV: U.S. prepares itself for possible winter surge due to omicron variant (December 10, 2021)
- AAMC: ‘Scary and confusing’: When kids suffer from long COVID-19 (December 10, 2021)
- International Business Times: Why young kids may not need COVID-19 booster shots (December 9, 2021)
- CNN, WRAL.com: Some teens may get a COVID-19 vaccine booster soon, but younger kids might not get one at all (December 8, 2021)
- MedicineNet: Kids with uncontrolled asthma at higher odds for severe COVID-19 (December 3, 2021)
- Drugs.com, HealthDay, U.S. News & World Report: Kids with uncontrolled asthma at higher odds for severe COVID-19 (December 2, 2021)
- Medical Xpress: As many as one in ten young people struggle for months after long COVID infection (December 1, 2021)
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- Johns Hopkins University: Young people, long COVID (November 30, 2021)
- Hearst TV, NBC: Cold, cough, or COVID-19? (November 29, 2021)
- Healio: MIS-C cases more severe in second wave (November 29, 2021)
- Healio: MIS-C surges 'almost predictable' (November 22, 2021)
- Katie Couric Media: How to plan for holiday gatherings amid another uncertain pandemic season (November 22, 2021)
- NBC 4, The Washington Informer: First lady visits Children’s National Hospital (November 19, 2021)
- Becker’s Hospital Review: Second MIS-C wave tied to more severe illness than earlier wave (November 19, 2021)
- CNN, DailyMail, NY 1, WJLA: Ciara to promote COVID-19 vaccination for kids as the White House looks to level up child vaccine rates (November 18, 2021)
- WJLA: Studying long COVID in children (November 17, 2021)
- Drugs.com, MedicineNet: Cases of children's severe COVID-linked illness were worse in second wave (November 17, 2021)
- WJLA: 'Be vigilant': Pediatrician urges parents to pay attention during kids' COVID-19 shots (November 17, 2021)
- News Medical & Life Sciences, NIH.com, The Washington Post: Long-term study of children with COVID-19 begins (November 16, 2021)
- HealthDay, U.S. News & World Report: Cases of children's severe COVID-linked illness were worse in second wave (November 16, 2021)
- USA Today, Yahoo: School-age kids are now eligible for the COVID vaccine. When can they stop wearing masks? (November 15, 2021)
- PBS News Hour: The COVID-19 vaccine and kids. Your questions answered (November 12, 2021)
- Yahoo: Second wave of kids with MIS-C had more severe illness than first wave, according to new Children’s National Hospital study (November 12, 2021)
- The Washington Post: As children’s vaccines roll out, pediatricians are overwhelmed and understaffed — but eager to help (November 10, 2021)
- The Today Show: Therapy dogs at COVID-19 vaccine sites help comfort kids (November 10, 2021)
- CSPAN Washington Journal: Washington Journal: Dr. Claire Boogaard discusses children and COVID-19 vaccines (November 8, 2021)
- Bloomberg: Child Vaccine Demand Underscores Deep Divisions in U.S. (November 8, 2021)
- WTOP.com: D.C. parents relieved as covid-19 vaccine becomes available to 5 to 11 year-olds (November 8, 2021)
- The Washington Post, Washington Family, SF Gate: Want to make sure your child is fully vaccinated for the holidays? Here is what to know. (November 5, 2021)
- ABC World News Tonight: Vaccinating the children (November 5, 2021)
- AXIOS: D.C.'s biggest vaccine roadblock is misinformation (November 5, 2021)
- WUSA 9: CDC gives kids ages 5-11 approval for COVID-19 vaccine. This DC family is part of the reason why that’s possible (November 4, 2021)
- Associated Press: Roll up your sleeves: Kids’ turn arrives for COVID-19 shots (November 4, 2021)
- PBS Newshour: How doctors are getting COVID shots to kids ages 5-11 (November 4, 2021)
- The Washington Post: ‘This is a big deal for my family’: At-risk kids 5-11 get coronavirus vaccine first (November 4, 2021)
- Courthouse News: Biden urges parents to get young kids vaccinated after regulators approve shot (November 4, 2021)
- WJLA: 'Waiting for this day': Relief for parents as immune-compromised kids get COVID vaccine (November 4, 2021)
- WTOP.com: D.C. parents relieved as Children’s National Hospital gives out 1st COVID-19 shots to young kids (November 4, 2021)
- MSNBC: Today: Kids ages 5-11 can get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine (November 3, 2021)
- TODAY: CDC director gives final authorization of Pfizer vaccine for kids (November 3, 2021)
- MSNBC, Yahoo: CDC panel recommends Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11 (November 3, 2021)
- WTOP: Roll up your sleeves: Kids’ turn arrives for COVID-19 shots (November 3, 2021)
- WUSA 9: D.C. family part of history in pediatric Pfizer vaccine trial at Children's National Hospital (November 3, 2021)
- USA Today, Yahoo: Parents were confused about kids and COVID-19. The American Academy of Pediatrics stepped in (November 2, 2021)
- CBS News, WUSA 9: FDA delays decision on Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents (November 2, 2021)
- CBS News: Answers to your questions on the kids COVID vaccine (November 1, 2021)
- Axios: Your pediatric vaccine questions, answered (November 1, 2021)
- The Washington Post: D.C. region prepares to roll out coronavirus vaccine to 5- to 11-year-olds (November 1, 2021)
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- The New York Times: D.A. Expected to Clear First Coronavirus Vaccine for Young Children (October 29, 2021)
- AXIOS: Answers to your questions on the kids COVID vaccine (October 29, 2021)
- CNN: Why Covid-19 vaccines for younger children would come in smaller doses (October 28, 2021)
- WJLA: Should parents get younger children vaccinated? We ask 5 doctors who are also moms (October 28, 2021)
- NBC Washington, TODAY: Children's National Hospital plays role in vaccine trial (October 27, 2021)
- The New York Times: Vaccines for young kids are likely coming soon. Here’s why they need them (October 26, 2021)
- NIH.gov: Ensuring vaccine safety for children (October 26, 2021)
- AXIOS D.C. see story 4: Shots, shots, shots (you know what kind) (October 25, 2021)
- The Wall Street Journal: COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11 to be given at pediatric offices, schools once authorized (October 21, 2021)
- WUSA 9: Children’s National Hospital preps for kids 5-11 to be vaccinated as early as next month. How this effort will be different (October 21, 2021)
- MSNBC, NBC News: White House prepares COVID-19 vaccine rollout for kids 11-years-old and under (October 20, 2021)
- WJLA: Traveling with unvaccinated kids during the holidays: A doctor weighs the potential risks (October 20, 2021)
- Medical Xpress, Roll Call: Pediatricians and health officials should present a united front against controversial state masking bans for schools (October 20, 2021)
- CBS 4 Valley Central: Protecting younger children from COVID-19 (October 19, 2021)
- Healio: COVID-19 vaccines for young children with rheumatic diseases: What providers need to know (October 15, 2021)
- Very Well Health: FDA committee will discuss COVID-19 vaccines for kids next week (October 12, 2021)
- CNN: New day with John Berman and Brianna Keilar (October 11, 2021)
- CNN, MSN: Some children's hospitals see another surge in rare COVID-19 complication MIS-C (October 11, 2021)
- Drug.com, Health Day: Study confirms rise in child abuse during COVID-19 pandemic (October 11, 2021)
- MedPage Today: Kids exposed to harmful plastics during heart surgery (October 11, 2021)
- Devdiscourse: Study finds one in three kids with food allergies are bullied (October 11, 2021)
- Chron, DoveMed, The Washington Post: Tens of thousands of children affected by pandemic-related deaths of parents (October 8, 2021)
- WTOP: New research shows that school mask mandates work (October 6, 2021)
- Innovators Podcast: Good news for children and the COVID-19 vaccine: The state of pediatric research (October 6, 2021)
- FOX 5: Children's National Hospital reaches 100% COVID-19 vaccine compliance (October 4, 2021)
- The Washington Post: Several hundred Virginia health care workers have been suspended or fired over coronavirus vaccine mandates (October 4, 2021)
- Daily Magazine, USA Today, Yahoo: Children of color lack access to COVID-19 vaccine and that's sadly 'not a surprise,' experts say (October 4, 2021)
- NBC News: Inside the links between COVID-19 and obesity (October 4, 2021)
- Forbes, NPR: How does a vaccinated parent co-parent with an anti-vaxer? (October 4, 2021)
- AARP: Will kids get COVID-19 vaccines before the holidays? (October 4, 2021)
- WUSA 9: Virginia mom in shock after daughter dies from COVID-19 (October 4, 2021)
- Denver Post: “She is such a puzzle”: Colorado teen’s months-long ordeal spotlights mysteries of long COVID (October 1, 2021)
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- NPR: Children under 12 could be a step closer to a COVID-19 vaccine shot (September 29, 2021)
- FOX 5: COVID-19, RSV cases have Children's National Hospital near capacity limits (September 29, 2021)
- WJLA: Full-time nurses in short supply at D.C. public and charter schools amid pandemic (September 29, 2021)
- AXIOS: Long COVID in kids (September 27, 2021)
- Health Leaders: Mounting COVID-19 deaths fuel school bus drivers' fears (September 27, 2021)
- CNN, MSN, WTOP: ‘Is my child going to die?’: This is COVID-19 as a pediatric doctor (September 27, 2021)
- CNN: 'The writing is on the wall. Why can't they read it?': Teens aren't getting the COVID-19 vaccine even at clinics meant for them (September 27, 2021)
- Kaiser Health News, Yahoo: Mounting COVID-19 deaths fuel school bus drivers’ fears (September 24, 2021)
- ABC 7: Long haul COVID in kids symptoms, lingering effects still poorly understood (September 23, 2021)
- Spectrum News: 'She wants her life back': Inside one 12-year-old's struggle with 'long COVID' (September 23, 2021)
- Post Reports: The young and the vaccinated (September 22, 2021)
- WUSA 9: Pfizer: Shot is safe for kids five and older (September 21, 2021)
- WAMU: Pediatric COVID-19 cases continue to soar (September 21, 2021)
- NBC Washington: C. area pediatricians explain which viruses they're seeing in patients right now (September 21, 2021)
- ABC This Week with George Stephanopolous: Pediatric COVID-19 cases continue to soar (September 20, 2021)
- The Washington Post: Children’s hospitals seeing early increase in seasonal respiratory illness (September 16, 2021)
- ABC7- on-air and online, MSNBC, WUSA9 on-air and online, Telemundo: Children's National Hospital near capacity as COVID-19 & RSV cases rise among kids (September 15, 2021)
- WJLA: Inside child COVID-19 vaccine trials at Children's National Hospital (September 15, 2021)
- Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health: Young people and long COVID (September 15, 2021)
- NBC Washington: Virginia doctor says pediatricians struggling to keep up with COVID testing demand (September 15, 2021)
- FOX 5, NBC Washington, WTOP: Children's National Hospital near capacity amid RSV, COVID-19 surge (September 14, 2021)
- WJLA: Local mom enrolls her kids in trial at Children's National Hospital (September 14, 2021)
- MSNBC: Vaccine approval for young children is coming (September 14, 2021)
- Hearst TV: Announcing steps of pandemic plan (September 9, 2021)
- The Washington Informer: Children’s National Hospital studying ‘long COVID’ cases among kids (September 9, 2021)
- NBC 4: Children's National Hospital in D.C. treating, studying kids with ‘long COVID' (September 8, 2021)
- CNN: How many deaths can we take? (September 8, 2021)
- MSN, NBC News, NBC Washington, Today: Flu season is coming fast and could be miserable (September 8, 2021)
- The Washington Post: Next few weeks are key in determining coronavirus surge’s path in the D.C. region (September 7, 2021)
- CNN: It's the same pandemic, but now it's drastically different for kids (September 3, 2021)
- WJLA: Deadlines for DMV healthcare workers to get vaccinated looming (September 3, 2021)
- MSN: What the data reveals about children and COVID-19 in the U.S. (September 2, 2021)
- CNN, Washington City Paper: What the data reveals about children and COVID-19 in the U.S. (September 1, 2021)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Video 2, Video 3: Ask an expert (September 1, 2021)
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- USA Today: COVID-19 is surging among America's youth. Doctors worry children of color face the greatest risk. (August 30, 2021)
- FOX 5, NBC 4, Yahoo: Children's National Hospital sees increase in COVID-19 patients (August 30, 2021)
- WTOP: Respiratory infections on the rise in children (August 30, 2021)
- CNN: Respiratory infections other than COVID-19 are filling up pediatric wards (August 26, 2021)
- Washington Business Journal: COVID-19 is 'unrelenting with children': Children's National CEO on what the hospital is doing about it (August 24, 2021)
- NPR: How the delta variant affects children (August 24, 2021)
- WUSA 9: Kids under 12: When will they be eligible? (August 24, 2021)
- Romper: Here’s what to expect if your baby has to get a coronavirus test (August 24, 2021)
- WTOP: As pediatric COVID cases rise, more kids in DC area getting respiratory infections (August 23, 2021)
- FOX 5: Children’s National Hospital seeing increase in hospitalizations (August 20, 2021)
- WJLA: Tips for helping kids wear masks during the school day (August 18, 2021)
- Baltimore Sun: More kids are being hospitalized with COVID and other viruses in Maryland. When school starts, doctors say it could get worse. (August 18, 2021)
- KQED, NPR, WAMU, WBUR: Why focusing on healthy habits, not weight gain, can better help kids (August 18, 2021)
- MSNBC: White House announces single biggest vaccination day in over a month (August 16, 2021)
- NBC 4: Checking in with your children (August 16, 2021)
- Medical Xpress, U.S. News & World Report: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective in teens (August 13, 2021)
- Yahoo: COVID-19 and RSV form wicked one-two punch, bringing children's hospitals to the brink (August 13, 2021)
- Reuters: Out of control (August 12, 2021)
- Science News: Schools are reopening. COVID-19 is still here. What does that mean for kids? (August 12, 2021)
- Drugs.com, HealthDay: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective in teens (August 12, 2021)
- WUSA 9: Tips to help kids get back into school routine after virtual learning (August 12, 2021)
- WTOP: Pediatricians ‘absolutely concerned’ as COVID-19 cases nearly double among kids (August 12, 2021)
- CNN: American academy of pediatrics urging FDA to speed up COVID-19 vaccine authorization for children under 12 (August 11, 2021)
- Romper: What should parents do if masks are voluntary at school? (August 11, 2021)
- AXIOS: Pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations soar (August 10, 2021)
- MSN, CNN: Some children's hospitals in COVID-19 hotspots are especially busy (August 10, 2021)
- The New York Times: ‘This is really scary’: Kids struggle with long COVID-19 (August 9, 2021)
- The Hill: Evidence mounts that delta variant is dangerous for kids (August 9, 2021)
- WNYC NPR affiliate: Pandemic weight gain (August 9, 2021)
- Hearst TV: Back to school anxiety (August 9, 2021)
- NBC News, MSN, Today, Yahoo: Is the delta variant more dangerous for children? A growing number of kids are very sick (August 6, 2021)
- U.S. News & World Report: Mask mandate bans spark confusion, concern as unvaccinated kids head to school (August 6, 2021)
- The Washington Post: C.-area hospitals do not yet have vaccine mandates for staffers, but many will soon. (August 6, 2021)
- The Washington Post: Behind D.C.’s scramble to get teens vaccinated before school starts (August 5, 2021)
- CNN, MSN: Here's how to keep your kids safe from the COVID-19 Delta variant (August 4, 2021)
- WJLA: Parents 'should feel safe' sending kids to school if precautions are followed (August 3, 2021)
- HowStuffWorks: Masks are back (August 2, 2021)
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- Medpage Today: Call in the T-Cell cavalry to fight COVID-19 in the Immunocompromised (July 30, 2021)
- National Post: COVID-19 unleashed a pandemic of eating disorders (July 30, 2021)
- Medicine Net, San Francisco Chronicle: Can COVID-19 transmit easily on crowded school buses? (July 28, 2021)
- Drugs.com, HealthDay News, U.S. News & World Report: Can COVID-19 transmit easily on crowded school buses? (July 27, 2021)
- CNN: New $40 million NIH study hopes to solve mysteries behind children's long COVID-19 (July 26, 2021)
- Forbes: A hospital employee stole the identities of dying patients to steal COVID-19 benefits (July 22, 2021)
- WTOP: Maryland offers schools funding to expand student testing for COVID-19 (July 22, 2021)
- TODAY, NBC, MSN, Head Topics: Viruses are landing kids in the ICU this summer, but it's not all COVID-19 (July 21, 2021)
- News Medical Life Sciences, Newsmax Health: $40 million multi-year study to examine long-term impacts of COVID-19 and MIS-C (July 21, 2021)
- FOX 5: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to release new back-to-school COVID-19 guidelines this week (July 21, 2021)
- CBS Los Angeles Radio: Back to school (July 20, 2021)
- C-SPAN: Politics and public policy today (July 20, 2021)
- AXIOS, Benzinga: NIH launches $40 million study into long COVID in kids (July 20, 2021)
- USA Today: Are play dates safe? What about flights? A guide for parents of unvaccinated kids (July 14, 2021)
- WTOP: Concern grows for younger kids as delta variant spreads (July 9, 2021)
- News Medical Life Sciences: Children's Hospital Colorado one of seven hospitals driving pediatric asthma research (July 8, 2021)
- FOX 5: Making educated and informed decisions about the COVID-19 vaccine (July 6, 2021)
- The Washington Post: Five tips from pediatricians to get ready for a summer of ‘normal’ (July 5, 2021)
- Hill Rag, Patch, Healthleaders Media: What’s safe for my unvaccinated child? (July 2, 2021)
- News Medical Life Sciences: Damage to children’s education — and their health — could last a lifetime (July 2, 2021)
- Kaiser Health News: Damage to children’s education — and their health — could last a lifetime (July 1, 2021)
- The Philadelphia Inquirer: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome affects Black, Latino children most (July 1, 2021)
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- USA Today: 'The effects will linger': US kids’ long-term health in jeopardy after pandemic schooling (June 30, 2021)
- Medical News Today: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome affects Black, Latino children most (June 30, 2021)
- Contemporary Pediatrics: Addressing mental health concerns in Type 1 diabetes patients in a pandemic (June 29, 2021)
- Reuters: Pandemic tied to spike in diabetes in children (June 29, 2021)
- Healio, Medscape, Medpage Today, Yahoo: New-onset pediatric Type 2 diabetes cases increase 182% during first year of COVID-19 (June 28, 2021)
- Managed Healthcare Executive: COVID-19 linked multi-system inflammatory syndrome in Children diagnosed more in Black and Latino children (June 28, 2021)
- FOX 5: Type 1 diabetes in children during COVID-19 (June 24, 2021)
- Washington City Paper: Data show disparities in D.C.’s teen vaccinations (June 24, 2021)
- News Medical Life Sciences, Medical Xpress, Dailymail: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children significantly affects more Black and Latino children (June 24, 2021)
- Mashable: Indigenous community outreach jumpstarted COVID-19 vaccinations. Can it get past a slowdown? (June 23, 2021)
- Becker’s Hospital Review: 2 studies divided on treatment for kids with rare COVID-19 complication (June 23, 2021)
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy: Optimal therapy for post-COVID syndrome in kids proves elusive (June 22, 2021)
- The Hospitalist, MDedge, Medwire News: U.S., international MIS-C studies yield disparate results (June 21, 2021)
- CBS 19: Pediatric vaccinations decline during COVID-19 pandemic (June 18, 2021)
- WUSA9: Doctors fear major drop in routine vaccines in kids could cause huge concern for back to school (June 17, 2021)
- MedPage Today: Best MIS-C Treatment? Murky picture emerges (June 17, 2021)
- Becker’s Hospital Review: 'This is our epidemic': Mental health crisis is kids' long-haul COVID-19, children's hospital leaders say (June 17, 2021)
- WJLA: More kids becoming nearsighted due to increased screen time during pandemic, study says (June 16, 2021)
- WJLA: D.C. Mayor hosts ‘fireside chat’ with Dr. Anthony Fauci about COVID-19 (June 14, 2021)
- WDMV: Some D.C. hospitals to require COVID-19 vaccines for employees (June 11, 2021)
- DC.gov: Mayor Bowser leads fireside chat with Dr. Fauci and D.C. health care leaders (June 11, 2021)
- NBC 4, The Washington Post, WJLA, Washington Business Journal: D.C. hospitals to require employees to get COVID-19 vaccine (June 10, 2021)
- Healio: Headache, mood disorders increase among pediatric patients during COVID-19 pandemic (June 9, 2021)
- FOX 5: CDC urging parents to get teens vaccinated amid rising adolescent hospitalization rates (June 8, 2021)
- CBS Radio Los Angeles: Adolescent hospitalization rates for COVID-19 increased during March-April (June 7, 2021)
- CNN: COVID-19 cases are falling, but experts say kids should still get a vaccine when they can. Here’s why (June 4, 2021)
- NBC 4: Thousands of health care workers in D.C. area have yet to get vaccinated for COVID-19 (June 2, 2021)
- The Washington Post: D.C. mayor says all students will be back in classroom full time in fall. Can she pull it off? (June 1, 2021)
- Science News: Here’s what we know about the risks of serious side effects from COVID-19 vaccines (June 1, 2021)
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- The Science Magazine: Severe symptoms of MIS-C typically clear within six months (May 27, 2021)
- Today.com, NBC News, FOX 5, KESQ: CDC investigating possible link between heart issues, COVID-19 vaccines in young people (May 26, 2021)
- WTOP: CDC seeing cases of Myocarditis in older teens following COVID-19 vaccine (May 25, 2021)
- CNN Health: Most severe effects of MIS-C in children typically resolve within six months, new research suggests (May 25, 2021)
- WJLA: 'There are signs': Children's National doctors on what to know about kids & mental health (May 20, 2021)
- WJLA: COVID-19 & 'decreased independence' for college kids: Why it's dangerous & what to look for (May 20, 2021)
- FOX 5: Doctors say beware of surge in childhood obesity rates amid pandemic (May 19, 2021)
- News Medical Life Sciences: Robust T cell and humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in patients with immunodeficiency (May 19, 2021)
- Drugs.com: Socioeconomic status tied to detection of congenital heart defects (May 19, 2021)
- Becker’s ASC Review: 10 ENTs to know (May 19, 2021)
- ARTE: U.S.A.: The LGBTIQ community's struggle in sports (May 19, 2021)
- WTOP: What to do about ‘astronomical’ weight gain in children during pandemic (May 18, 2021)
- Medical Xpress, American Heart Association, Aunt Minnie, AZ Central: Prenatal detection of heart defects lower in rural, poor areas and among Hispanic women (May 18, 2021)
- The Washington Post: D.C. has struggled to get students their routine vaccinations during the pandemic. Will the coronavirus shots be better? (May 17, 2021)
- Telemundo: Vacuna contra COVID-19 en menores de 12 a 15 años: qué saber (May 17, 2021)
- The Washington Post: Five myths about obesity (May 17, 2021)
- WJLA: A stunning stat: No flu cases at Children's National Hospital (May 17, 2021)
- News Medical Life Sciences, Medical Xpress, Bioengineer, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, SciTechDaily: Unique pre-clinical model enables study of HIV infection and testing of new therapies (May 17, 2021)
- Technically: Children’s National Hospital spinout AlgometRx developed a device that measures pain through pupil dilation (May 17, 2021)
- Medical Xpress, Precision Vaccinations: Immunocompromised pediatric patients showed T-cell activity and humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 (May 14, 2021)
- CBS Nightly News, The Washington Post, WTOP, WTOP.com, NBC 4, WUSA 9, WJLA, U.S. News & World Report: U.S. races to vaccinate young teens after CDC endorsement (May 14, 2021)
- The Washington Post, WUSA 9, FOX 5, ABC 13: Vaccinations of 12- to 15-year-olds underway in D.C. region (May 13, 2021)
- Reuters: Georgia among first U.S. states to provide COVID-19 shots to kids under 16 (May 12, 2021)
- U.S. News & World Report: Fixing the children’s mental health crisis: it takes a community (May 12, 2021)
- The Washington Post: With Pfizer coronavirus vaccine authorized for adolescents, some parents scramble to make appointments while others are wary (May 12, 2021)
- FOX 5: Nurses appreciation week (May 11, 2021)
- WTOP, NBC 4, WAMU: Some local 12- to 15-year-olds could receive COVID-19 vaccines this week (May 11, 2021)
- The Wall Street Journal: Kids’ Weight Gain in the Pandemic Is Alarming Doctors (May 11, 2021)
- WJLA: 'We care about people:' Children's Hospital nurse talks challenges and triumphs of job (May 10, 2021)
- USA Today, Indianapolis Star, The Spectrum, MSN: The FDA is expected to soon authorize Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for teens. Some parents are excited, others are still undecided (May 10, 2021)