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Health 2 September 2020 By Jessica Hamzelou Pupils returning to school wear face masks and stay distanced in BangkokLauren DeCicca/Getty Images SCHOOLS across England and the US are about to reopen their doors to students who have been at home for months thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. What is the best way to keep children,…

By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Children wait outside the school gate in Johannesburg, South Africa.KIM LUDBROOK/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 28 August Children are at “strikingly low” risk of getting severely ill from coronavirus Children are much…

Eleven children in Washington state have been diagnosed with a rare condition that is thought to have been triggered by COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.Four children were diagnosed with the rare disorder — known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) — in May, and seven have developed the illness since then.Not much is known about…

Share on PinterestResearch indicates that children under the age of 10 are not a major source of COVID-19.The impact of COVID-19 on children has been uncertain throughout the ongoing pandemic. While most relevant studies have found that children are less susceptible to the disease, others have suggested that they have a similar rate of infection…

While some research has shown that children are infected with the coronavirus at a lower rate than adults, a new Chicago-based study raises questions about the role children have in spread the virus. A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital discovered that children younger than 5 years with mild to moderate COVID-19…