State governments have taken the difficult decision to reopen schools for some classes, encouraged by a consensus among public health experts that the benefits to students and society at large outweigh the risks of a COVID-19 surge. A week after many of them reopened, mainly at the secondary and higher…
Kids and COVID: why young immune systems are still on top
Innate immunity might be the key to why children have fared better with the virus. But the Delta variant poses fresh unknowns.
Warning over Children as Indonesia suffers its worst Covid outbreak
The number of Covid infections and deaths among children in Indonesia has risen sharply over the past month, a senior paediatrician has said, as the country faces its most severe outbreak since the start of the pandemic.
How Covid’s Toll Compares With Other Things That Kill Us
Stacking up the disease’s impact on young and old against other causes of death in the U.S., including influenza, heart disease, car accidents and drownings.