Children

A study shows that the number of children getting routine vaccines to protect them from dangerous diseases has dramatically declined in the wake of the coronavirus. Authors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health institutions used vaccine ordering data through the Vaccines for Children Program, which provides government-purchased vaccines to about…

health & fitness Connecticut health officials said the coronavirus-related syndrome affecting children is similar to Kawasaki disease. By Rich Scinto, Patch Staff May 12, 2020 4:37 pm ET | Updated May 12, 2020 5:29 pm ET The children are being treated for the coronavirus-linked syndrome at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital and Connecticut Children’s Medical…

A four-month-old baby infected with the coronavirus was discharged from a Chinese hospital. The child is the youngest patient to recover in the Hubei Province. (Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua via AP)APThe first North American coronavirus study focusing on pediatric patients found that children and young adults are at a greater risk of getting critically ill with COVID-19…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.As many as 38 children in New York City have contracted a rare disease linked to the coronavirus but doctors are having a hard time diagnosing it, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday.Cases of Kawasaki disease have affected children 5 and under.…

President Donald Trump’s argument to reopen the public schools was that the coronavirus doesn’t target children so it was important for them to return to class before the end of the academic year. The President might have to reconsider pushing governors to reopen public schools because New York has reported at least 85 cases of…