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A child in a hospital bed.

Most kids with inflammatory COVID-19 syndrome are recovered by 6 months

By Rachael Rettner published

The study is the first to follow children with the syndrome, called MIS-C, for as long as six months.

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Best Kinetic Sand

By Amy Kaspriskie published

Kinetic sand is a soft and moldable material that offers kids the texture and shape of sand without the mess. To bring the beach home, we've collected the best options.

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Best Slime Kits

By Jen Karner published

It's a simple fact that kids love slime. Now they can learn how to make their own for hours of play with one of these slime kits!

A child receiving a vaccine.

Pfizer starts COVID-19 vaccine trial in young kids

By Rachael Rettner published

Pfizer is the latest COVID-19 vaccine maker to test its shot in young children.

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two boys in face masks bump elbows while standing near a wall in school

Moderna starts COVID-19 vaccine trial in infants and young children

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The trial includes children in the U.S. and Canada.

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A student works at a desk in a fifth grade classroom in Princeton, Illinois, on Sept. 1, 2020.

CDC issues new guidelines for safely reopening schools

By Rachael Rettner published

The recommendations provide a "long-needed road map" for reopening schools, officials said.

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A child in Bangladesh receives a squirt of hand sanitizer to ward off COVID-19 in a March 2020 photo. There's been a sharp uptick in chemical burns from sanitizer to children's eyes since the start of the pandemic, largely due to public dispensers.

Hand sanitizer is causing an epidemic of chemical burns to children's eyes

By Rafi Letzter published

All that sanitizer people have been using since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic has led to more than just dry hands and eye-watering smells: It's nearly blinding some children.

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mosquito feeding on blood in a lab experiment

Children can be stealth superspreaders of malaria to mosquitoes

By Nicoletta Lanese published

These asymptomatic infections can undermine efforts to eliminate malaria.

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child receiving vaccine

When should we start testing COVID-19 vaccines in kids?

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A vaccine cannot be approved for use in kids until vaccine trials with young participants are complete.

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A brain MRI.

Fall could bring rare, paralyzing illness in children, CDC warns

By Rachael Rettner published

Whether social distancing measures to prevent COVID-19 will also reduced AFM cases is unknown.

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