Children's Health

To go back or go online? That's the question facing many parents and teachers at the moment.

Health & Safety

Go back to school and ditch weekly testing: The advice from one children's hospital

9:46am January 13, 2022

Dr. David Rubin discusses guidance from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that says schools should stay open for in-person learning and discontinue required weekly testing.

Chicago kids back in class after 5-day standoff between teachers' union and officials

5:43pm January 12, 2022

by Susie An

COVID safety concerns led to a five-day stalemate between Chicago's teachers union and school and city officials. Kids are back in school. Both sides are weighing whether it was the right decision.

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Rethinking school safety in the age of omicron

4:55pm January 12, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. David Rubin, primary care physician and director of PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, on how schools should consider navigating the current COVID wave.

Two of the children who came for a meal at a soup kitchen in Caracas run by the charity Alimenta la Solidaridad. It serves about 100 people and operates Monday through Friday.

Health & Safety

Why the kids of Venezuela aren't getting enough to eat

6:29pm January 11, 2022

by John Otis

Many are small for their age — a sign of a growing crisis of malnutrition. Government mismanagement is to blame, say political analysts. And there could be lifelong impacts for these children.

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The U.S. has hit a new record for the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19

5:28pm January 11, 2022

by Sara Willa Ernst

Pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations have more than quadrupled in Texas in the last two weeks. Already understaffed hospitals are now seeing high COVID attrition too, and asking for help.

Children face malnutrition under the Venezuelan government's mismanagement

4:31pm January 11, 2022

by John Otis

Venezuela is facing a long-term catastrophe of its own making: widespread child malnutrition. Years of economic mismanagement have brought massive poverty and food shortages.

How the current COVID surge is hurting learning and kids' mental health

4:29pm January 10, 2022

Thousands of schools around the country have once again shifted to remote learning as COVID cases rise. It's taking a huge toll on children.

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Health & Safety

Hospitalization rates among children are at their highest since the pandemic start

8:47am January 08, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Sadiqa Kendi, division chief of pediatric emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center, about the rising number of COVID-19 cases among children.

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Illustration: Dola Sun https://dolasun.com/

Global wishes for 2022: a gift box for everyone, greater girl power, vertical gardens

9:02pm January 07, 2022

We asked global thinkers like Malala, doctors dealing with the pandemic, educators and more — if you were in charge of the world, what would you like to see happen this year.

In classrooms or online, parents grapple with omicron school 'chaos'

5:14pm January 07, 2022

Omicron is upending schools all across the country. Parents and families are navigating last-minute virtual learning, changing risk assessments and their own positive COVID tests.