An elementary school in a Washington, D.C., suburb in Maryland is reinstating school masks for some students after a handful of kids recently tested positive for COVID-19, according to a letter posted ...

Kids under 12 depend on everyone else getting vaccinated, one expert said as some states report children in the ICU with COVID-19.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently changed its COVID guidance for children in schools. Under the new guidance, CHOP recommends universal masking in schools but ...

A familiar pandemic-era safety measure is making a comeback as new COVID-19 variants surface and cases of the disease flare in some parts of the U.S.: Mask mandates. The number of COVID-19 cases has ...

Pediatric doctors in San Antonio say 2025 brought a familiar post-COVID pattern: more childhood viruses emerging outside ...

Scientists investigating long COVID in youth found similar but distinguishable patterns between school-age children (ages 6-11 years) and adolescents (ages 12-17 years) and identified their most ...

Wearing face masks may not have lowered the risk of COVID infection after the first Omicron wave, new research has shown. But that does not mean that face masks aren't useful, regardless. The wearing ...

Violet Affleck, 19, the daughter of actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, spoke at the United Nations on Tuesday at an event titled “Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action.” The Yale University ...