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Learning inequalities remain among disadvantaged children during the pandemic

A new study has shown that whilst the amount of home lessons increased during the second period of school closures compared to the first, the inequalities of access between advantaged and disadvantaged families remained.

12 Aug 2021

Efforts to eradicate childhood anemia by 2030 will fail, study says

An international study has found a global target to eradicate childhood anemia by 2030 will fail, presenting a major public health challenge.

12 Aug 2021

Reading, ’rithmetic and resisting covid: The new 3 R’s as kids head back to school

When kids head back to school this fall, for some it will be the first time they've been in a real classroom with other students since the pandemic began.

12 Aug 2021

Public favors masks in classrooms but balks at mandating vaccinations for students

As the spread of the delta variant threatens the safety of classrooms, a poll released Wednesday found nearly two-thirds of parents support schools' requiring unvaccinated students age 5 or older and teachers to wear masks.

11 Aug 2021

Mount Sinai study discovers an important clue to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Mount Sinai researchers have found an important clue to a rare but serious aftereffect of COVID-19 in children, known as a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children or MIS-C.

11 Aug 2021

Being young in a school class puts children at long-term disadvantage, study finds

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute and Orebro University, has found that 'young relative age' – being young in a school class – puts a child at a long-term disadvantage compared to their older peers. Researchers are now calling for greater flexibility about school starting age.

11 Aug 2021

Emerging biosensing technologies could revolutionize the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

Sepsis in newborn infants can be fatal. Early diagnosis is thus key to effectively manage the infection. Conventional diagnostic methods are, however, time-consuming.

11 Aug 2021

In Australia, high vaccine hesitancy among most vulnerable to COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines indicate the optimal timing of vaccination among specific groups based on the probability of infection and transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), e.g., health care workers providing direct care or acute disease and death (e.g., older people, organ transplant recipients).

11 Aug 2021

COVID-19 vaccines offer better protection than natural immunity alone

Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that among people who were previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, those who were still unvaccinated are more likely to be reinfected than those fully vaccinated after prior infection.

11 Aug 2021

Green spaces, especially forest, reduce COVID-19 incidence, study says

An intriguing new study reveals that the closer you are to green spaces, especially forests, the less likely you are to be infected with SARS-CoV-2.

10 Aug 2021

Study reveals the trends in consumption of ultraprocessed foods among children and adolescents

The calories that children and adolescents consumed from ultraprocessed foods jumped from 61% to 67% of total caloric intake from 1999 to 2018, according to a new study from researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University.

10 Aug 2021

New estimate of total immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in Texas

According to researchers in Texas, a lack of appropriate testing in the US has led to an underestimation of seroprevalence in the U.S., thus making it difficult to estimate population immunity to SARS-CoV-2 or vaccination.

10 Aug 2021

Children's Hospital Colorado announces participation in pivotal trial of synthetic restorative pulmonary valve

Children's Hospital Colorado today announced it has joined the Xplore2/Pivotal trial, and is actively enrolling patients for the first-ever pivotal trial of a synthetic restorative pulmonary valve.

9 Aug 2021

Global prevalence of mental health crisis among children and adolescents due to COVID-19 pandemic

An alarming percentage of children and adolescents are experiencing a global-wide mental crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to a new University of Calgary study published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.

9 Aug 2021

New research investigates the effects of California’s tobacco 21 minimum sales age law

New Research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation investigated the effects of California's 2016 law that raised the minimum tobacco sales age to from 18 to 21 (T21) and found evidence that the new law has had positive public health effects on 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students from across California.

9 Aug 2021

Child Health News

Learning inequalities remain among disadvantaged children during the pandemic

Efforts to eradicate childhood anemia by 2030 will fail, study says

Reading, ’rithmetic and resisting covid: The new 3 R’s as kids head back to school

Public favors masks in classrooms but balks at mandating vaccinations for students

Mount Sinai study discovers an important clue to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Being young in a school class puts children at long-term disadvantage, study finds

Emerging biosensing technologies could revolutionize the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

In Australia, high vaccine hesitancy among most vulnerable to COVID-19

COVID-19 vaccines offer better protection than natural immunity alone

Green spaces, especially forest, reduce COVID-19 incidence, study says

Study reveals the trends in consumption of ultraprocessed foods among children and adolescents

New estimate of total immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in Texas

Children's Hospital Colorado announces participation in pivotal trial of synthetic restorative pulmonary valve

Global prevalence of mental health crisis among children and adolescents due to COVID-19 pandemic

New research investigates the effects of California’s tobacco 21 minimum sales age law

Excess screen time detrimental to adolescents’ mental health

Iron chelating properties of eltrombopag in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

New study shows how quickly vaping can affect the cells of healthy younger nonsmokers

Physical activity appears to reverse the adverse effects of heavy digital media use in children

High rates of COVID-19 vaccine motivation among Latinx parents – a single center study

How does norepinephrine influence anxiety-related behaviours?

Transforming Lab Workflows with Cell Culture Automation

Building Bridges to Scalable Allogeneic Cell Therapy

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