School Health News

Many practices, if they did not have them already, set up telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic — one of several ways that clinicians have adapted to care for patients during ongoing social distancing measures.

Boston Children’s Hospital, once again, has claimed the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings for Best Children’s Hospital.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, MSc, warned that the indirect effect the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the health of women and children may outweigh the number of deaths from the disease itself.

The AAP recommended that parents proactively engage with children about racism, noting that even “vicarious” racism — like that experienced through social media, conversations and media images — could harm children’s health.

College-aged men who played video games consumed less healthier foods than their nongaming peers, according to data presented at Nutrition 2020 Live Online.

To mark World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, May 31, WHO launched a new toolkit for teens aged 13 to 17 years that focuses on protecting them from being exploited by the tobacco industry.

The AAP issued a revised policy statement regarding resistance training, saying children of all ages can benefit from it under the proper supervision.

It would be a mistake to underestimate the effect that COVID-19 has on children, particularly in light of recent reports of children experiencing a serious inflammatory syndrome that has been linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, said Tuesday.

The AAP issued guidance on the reopening of schools and said it will support “collaborative decision-making” between school districts and local and state public health departments about when they will be allowed to open again safely.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 29 studies published over the course of 30 years showed that sexual health interventions among black adolescents were significantly associated with improvements in abstinence, condom use and sexual health knowledge.