Senate Panel Asks: When Can K-12 Schools Safely Reopen?
The U.S. Senate's education committee grappled with the challenges public schools face as they prepare to reopen safely in the fall.
Children's Health
Hundreds Of Positive COVID-19 Cases At D.C.'s Children's National Hospital
A visit to the Children's National Hospital in the Washington, D.C. shows how doctors are trying to keep up with testing demands for children affected by COVID-19.
Doctors Race For Answers As Kids Fight Rare Inflammatory Syndrome Tied To Coronavirus
While early research suggests the condition is rare, experts are still racing to answer even the most basic questions about the illness — such as why some children are more susceptible than others.
Beyond Protests: 5 More Ways To Channel Anger Into Action To Fight Racism
Social justice advocates and psychologists point to a range of strategies to promote racial justice, including using your creative energy and talents. Political engagement and self-care help, too.
Is It Safe Yet To Get Your Physical Or A Dental Checkup?
Most preventive medical care that can't be handled via telehealth has taken a back seat in recent months, but that's starting to change. Here's what to ask when you schedule an in-person appointment.
Mysterious Set Of Symptoms Related To The Coronavirus Is Appearing In Kids
The multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is now appearing in a small number of children across the country. A few patients are treated at the Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Domestic Abuse Can Escalate In Pandemic And Continue Even If You Get Away
Loosened quarantine restrictions have given some people an opportunity to flee violence at home, but cyberstalking and high unemployment have also made it harder to completely escape after moving out.
What Happens When Your Kid Develops MIS-C, A Rare COVID-19 Complication
One family's experience with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children, or MIS-C, reveals some of the symptoms, treatments, and worries about the illness currently associated with the coronavirus.
D.C. Hospital Trying To Understand Rare COVID-19 Complications In Children
NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro visits the ward at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC where young patients are suffering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome linked to Covid-19.
Too Little Or Too Much Time With The Kids? Grandparenting Is Tough In A Pandemic
Even as social restrictions ease in some spots, older adults remain extra-vulnerable to COVID-19. That means many families are facing hard choices — whether to hunker down together or apart.