COVID-19 in children

President Joe Biden on Wednesday encouraged parents to vaccinate their children, saying the approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 pediatric doses is a “giant step forward” out of the pandemic.

With coronavirus vaccines soon to be available to children ages 5 through 11, kids may not be as excited as their parents to get their shots. Whether it’s their COVID-19 vaccine or their other routine vaccinations, here’s how to help your child get through the stress of getting their shots.

The FDA announced Friday that it had authorized emergency use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5-11.

A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.

Scottie B. Day, physician-in-chief at Kentucky Children’s Hospital, says that COVID-19 admissions are three times higher now than they were at the end of July and the majority of patients are unvaccinated. 

DeSantis often trumpets his hands-off policies in what he calls the “free state of Florida” and has referred to measures supported by the nation’s leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, as “Faucism,” a play on words on “fascism.”

Massachusetts is no longer posting the number of children who have been hospitalized, leading to questions as kids get ready to go back to school.

With schools in some states opening this week as the COVID-19 delta variant surges across the country, many parents are understandably anxious. But there are things schools can do to reduce the risk to their students. Dr. Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University Hospital, explains four things schools can do to keep kids safe. (And yes, they...

New data shows the nearly 49,000 new cases of reported pediatric COVID-19 cases last week was the lowest weekly total since late October.

As COVID-19 vaccine trials begin for children, many parents may be understandably wary about signing their own child up as a subject. So we got Peter Pitts, a former FDA associate commissioner and president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, to break down how vaccine trials for children work and how researchers ensure they’re safe.

Even with vaccine distribution ramping up across the country, there is still good reason to remain on guard against the coronavirus. Infectious disease physician Dr. Dena Grayson flagged a troubling trend in children who catch COVID-19 — specifically a worrying rise in a dangerous multisystem inflammatory syndrome called MIS-C.

A Tufts researcher says that early data shows the pandemic has impacted children’s everyday routines and increased obesity chances.

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.