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CDC offers health tips to help children have a successful school year

As schools plan for a safe return to campus this year, it is critically important to consider the health and well-being of students and staff, and address issues with COVID-19, mental and physical health, and managing other chronic health conditions.

23 Aug 2021

Study finds unacceptably alarming rise in gestational diabetes among U.S. women

The rate of gestational diabetes has shot up 30 percent in young U.S. women over the past decade and more than doubled in U.S. women who identify as Asian-Indian compared with non-Hispanic White women, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA.

23 Aug 2021

Drinking, smoking throughout the first trimester of pregnancy associated with higher stillbirth risk

Drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco cigarettes throughout the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with nearly three times the risk of late stillbirth (at 28 or more weeks), compared to women who neither drink or smoke during pregnancy or quit both before the end of the first trimester, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

23 Aug 2021

Does SARS-CoV-2 affect male fertility?

A recently published review describes the state of current knowledge regarding the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the male reproductive system.

23 Aug 2021

Drinking alcohol at a young age associated with accelerated arterial stiffening

Drinking alcohol during adolescence to young adulthood is associated with accelerated arterial stiffening, a precursor to cardiovascular disease. That's the finding of a study presented at ESC Congress 2021.

23 Aug 2021

Pandemic unveils growing suicide crisis for communities of color

Rafiah Maxie has been a licensed clinical social worker in the Chicago area for a decade. Throughout that time, she'd viewed suicide as a problem most prevalent among middle-aged white men.

23 Aug 2021

National poll: Families worried about COVID's looming impact on students

Back to school jitters may have different meaning in the COVID era. After more than a year of pandemic disruptions, families are heading into the next school year worried about COVID's looming impact on students, according to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.

23 Aug 2021

Survey finds low vaccination rates in Detroit households with children

With a new school year three weeks away and cases of COVID-19 on the rise again, vaccination rates in the households of school-age children will play an important role in how school districts weigh their options for returning to the classroom.

20 Aug 2021

Additional healthcare and housing support for Afghans coming to the UK

Additional healthcare provision, access to COVID-19 vaccinations and funding for housing will be provided to support Afghans coming to the UK via the Afghanistan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme.

20 Aug 2021

Experts fear rapid spread of COVID-19 in Afghanistan given Taliban's hostility to vaccinations

Given the Taliban's hostility to vaccinations, WHO and medical experts fear a rapid and uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 in Afghanistan will await the formation of a new government led by the 'Islamic Scholars'.

20 Aug 2021

Researchers create a novel strategy for developing an effective TB vaccine

Innovators at Purdue University and Houston Methodist Research Institute have created a novel strategy for developing an effective vaccine for a widespread form of tuberculosis.

20 Aug 2021

New AHA statement provides guidance about cardiovascular genetic testing in children

Cardiovascular genetic testing in children presents unique challenges, requiring pre- and post-test counseling with an individualized approach for families.

20 Aug 2021

How can COVID-19 affect the skin?

A new review published in the journal Canadian Family Physician describes skin diseases caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

20 Aug 2021

Risk of household SARS-CoV-2 transmission may be equal among children and adults, says study

A team of scientists in the United States recently estimated the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission from primary cases to household contacts.

20 Aug 2021

‘We sent a terrible message’: Scientists say Biden jumped the gun with vaccine booster plan

The Biden administration's plans to make covid-19 booster shots available next month has drawn a collective scream of protest from the scientific community.

20 Aug 2021

School or ‘Russian roulette’? Amid delta variant and lax mask rules, some parents see no difference

The child had just started kindergarten. Or, as her mother called it, "Russian roulette." That’s because her school district in Grand Junction, Colorado, experienced one of the nation's first delta-variant outbreaks last spring, and now school officials have loosened the rules meant to protect against covid-19.

20 Aug 2021

Children News and Research

CDC offers health tips to help children have a successful school year

Study finds unacceptably alarming rise in gestational diabetes among U.S. women

Drinking, smoking throughout the first trimester of pregnancy associated with higher stillbirth risk

Does SARS-CoV-2 affect male fertility?

Drinking alcohol at a young age associated with accelerated arterial stiffening

Pandemic unveils growing suicide crisis for communities of color

National poll: Families worried about COVID's looming impact on students

Survey finds low vaccination rates in Detroit households with children

Additional healthcare and housing support for Afghans coming to the UK

Experts fear rapid spread of COVID-19 in Afghanistan given Taliban's hostility to vaccinations

Researchers create a novel strategy for developing an effective TB vaccine

New AHA statement provides guidance about cardiovascular genetic testing in children

How can COVID-19 affect the skin?

Risk of household SARS-CoV-2 transmission may be equal among children and adults, says study

‘We sent a terrible message’: Scientists say Biden jumped the gun with vaccine booster plan

School or ‘Russian roulette’? Amid delta variant and lax mask rules, some parents see no difference

Researchers recommend urgent adaptation plans to mitigate heat-related deaths and illnesses

Subjective social status may have stronger effects on cardiovascular health of Hispanics and Latinos

New insights into opportunities and challenges of macrogenetics

Study illuminates genetic understanding of aggressive childhood leukemias

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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