Anyone can get COVID-19, also called coronavirus disease 2019, including children. Find out about the symptoms, testing and medical issues linked to COVID-19 in children. And learn how to help prevent ...

Risk for developing long COVID doubled in kids who got infected with SARS-CoV-2 a second time. Reinfection's greater risk also held up in a range of potential long COVID-related conditions and ...

A long winter virus season is finally coming to a close, but there is still reason to frequently wash your hands and get all of your latest vaccines. A highly mutated COVID-19 variant, BA.3.2 ― ...

Children as young as 5 can now receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on a recommendation for an emergency use authorization for ...

As respiratory virus season draws near, no federal health official has signed off on recommendations for this year’s updated COVID-19 vaccines, leaving the federal vaccination schedule without an ...

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults. Rather, ...

Infants, toddlers and preschoolers exhibit symptoms of long COVID, but the symptoms can be different and more difficult to identify in these children, according to Rutgers Health research. The new ...

The ability to inoculate young children against COVID-19 in the U.S. may be diminished this fall as the FDA weighs whether to renew the emergency green light for the vaccine currently cleared in the ...

(CNN) — A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults.