children's health

The Food and Drug Administration posted its review late Friday ahead of a public meeting to consider opening vaccinations to kids 5 to 11.

The hospital’s new critical care tower will be named for the benefactors, Dr. Thom and Pat Borowy. The donation is part of Wolfson’s five-year, $60 million capital campaign, which has raised $47 million so far.

Dr. David Berger will tell the committee he believes in a “holistic” approach that provides parents with information and lets them make the decision.

The companies studied a 10 microgram vaccine dose in children 5 to 11, a third of the dose used for adults, to minimize side effects and because it still prompts a strong immune response.

Scientists treating kids for MIS-C point to rare genes, leaky guts and a “superantigen.”

A recent analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation revealed the pandemic has widened existing disparities in health and well-being as well as in academic performance between children of color and white children.

The Florida Education Association says the new rule could put teachers and school employees at risk by exposing them to students who should be quarantining at home.

An administrative law judge dismissed the case, noting he did not have any “wiggle room” with the new rule giving parents "sole discretion" on mask-wearing.

Parents can decide whether their children should quarantine if asymptomatic after COVID exposure to minimize time away from in-school learning. The change also tweaks the ban against mask mandates.

Dr. Juan Dumois, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, estimates the Pfizer vaccine may be available for children before the end of year.