How to talk to vaccine doubters: 5 tips for parent 'ambassadors'
A health communications expert has developed a free online course to help people talk to those who are vaccine hesitant — and to fight misinformation with empathy.
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Want to get omicron and just get it over with? Here's why that's a bad idea
Most of us will eventually get COVID but that's not an invitation to party with omicron. Here's why you might want to hang onto your mask and keep cautious a little longer.
Go back to school and ditch weekly testing: The advice from one children's hospital
Dr. David Rubin discusses guidance from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that says schools should stay open for in-person learning and discontinue required weekly testing.
Chicago kids back in class after 5-day standoff between teachers' union and officials
COVID safety concerns led to a five-day stalemate between Chicago's teachers union and school and city officials. Kids are back in school. Both sides are weighing whether it was the right decision.
Rethinking school safety in the age of omicron
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. David Rubin, primary care physician and director of PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, on how schools should consider navigating the current COVID wave.
Why the kids of Venezuela aren't getting enough to eat
Many are small for their age — a sign of a growing crisis of malnutrition. Government mismanagement is to blame, say political analysts. And there could be lifelong impacts for these children.
The U.S. has hit a new record for the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19
Pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations have more than quadrupled in Texas in the last two weeks. Already understaffed hospitals are now seeing high COVID attrition too, and asking for help.
Children face malnutrition under the Venezuelan government's mismanagement
Venezuela is facing a long-term catastrophe of its own making: widespread child malnutrition. Years of economic mismanagement have brought massive poverty and food shortages.
How the current COVID surge is hurting learning and kids' mental health
Thousands of schools around the country have once again shifted to remote learning as COVID cases rise. It's taking a huge toll on children.
Hospitalization rates among children are at their highest since the pandemic start
Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Sadiqa Kendi, division chief of pediatric emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center, about the rising number of COVID-19 cases among children.