One in three young people say their mental health and wellbeing improved during COVID-19 lockdown measures, with potential contributing factors including feeling less lonely, avoiding bullying and getting more sleep and exercise, ...
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The omicron variant has caused serious disruption to schooling overseas. As Aotearoa New Zealand prepares for an omicron outbreak, we expect calls to close schools as case numbers rise.
Jan 26, 2022
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The impact virtual school had on kids goes well beyond academics, say Children's National Hospital experts in a new JAMA Pediatrics editorial. From the beginning of the pandemic, new data shows that school closures for in-person ...
Jan 18, 2022
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The school closures in spring 2020 had a negative effect on the health and well-being of many young people. But homeschooling also had a positive flipside: Thanks to sleeping longer in the morning, many teenagers reported ...
Jan 5, 2022
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Many parents celebrated the news last week when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages five to 11, a decision that was endorsed today by a Centers for ...
Nov 3, 2021
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During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, when many children were staying at home for school and were potentially unsupervised, kids experienced greater risk of accidental injuries, including burns.
Oct 8, 2021
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Even in normal times, getting regular exercise and spending less time on screens can be good for kids. So it should come as no surprise that researchers discovered that kids who exercised more and used technology less during ...
Oct 5, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Older children, Black and Hispanic children, and children from families with lower income who attended school remotely during the pandemic in 2020 experienced disproportionate mental health difficulties, according ...
Sep 15, 2021
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Pediatricians, mental health clinicians, epidemiologists, infectious disease and vaccine experts from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) have noted that 12-15 year olds should be included in the COVID-19 vaccine ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Voluntary curbs on movement and travel before governments first imposed national lockdowns helped cut COVID death rates almost as effectively as the lockdown measures themselves, according to a new study.
Jul 8, 2021
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