coronavirus in children

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London found that more than 40% of children have antibodies that fight COVID-19, compared to just 5% of adults, including children who have never had the virus.

A new study by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital finds that children may play a larger role in spreading the novel coronavirus.

Children play a larger role in spreading coronavirus than researchers previously thought, according to findings from the most comprehensive study of the disease in children to date. As school districts throughout Massachusetts grapple with how to bring students back safely this fall, the results of the studyare prompting warnings from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass General Hospital for…

Children may play a larger role in spreading the novel coronavirus, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Children play a larger role in spreading coronavirus than researchers previously thought, according to findings from the most comprehensive study of the disease in children to date.

A new report says that nearly 12,000 children in New England have tested positive for the coronavirus through July 30. Massachusetts had the bulk of the childhood COVID cases, with 6,903, followed by Connecticut at 2,497 and Rhode Island with 1,616. New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont had fewer than 1,000 childhood coronavirus cases combined, according to the report from the…

During a congressional hearing on the coronavirus response on Friday, Dr. Anthony Fauci dispelled some of the misinformation spread online by politicians and fringe groups about the virus.

Over 10 children have now been treated in Massachusetts hospitals for a mysterious inflammatory syndrome believed to be related to the coronavirus. The Boston Globe reported Thursday that Boston Children’s Hospital has now treated six patients with pediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome, or PIMS. MassGeneral Hospital for Children has treated four more juvenile patients, and Baystate Children’s Hospital in Springfield...

As hospitals start to get a handle on coronavirus cases, in some states a new health concern has arisen — this time in children. “It’s causing fever, inflammation and rash, said Dr. Jeffrey Burns, chief of Critical Care Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. He said they first noticed it in Europe in April, and to date they have seen...

A mysterious illness that may be linked to COVID-19 is affecting children in Boston and elsewhere.