School Health News

A study of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 10 Massachusetts school districts found that the secondary attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 among school contacts was low — between 2% and 3% — and that masking reduced the odds of transmission by almost 90%.

A program to promote water drinking in elementary schools prevented increases in the prevalence of students with overweight, a study published in Pediatrics found.

Learning disorders are common among children in the United States, affecting approximately nine out of every 100, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Adolescents can overcome circadian phase delay and boost their sleep duration with an earlier bedtime, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

WASHINGTON — From equipment to transportation to nursing orders, clinicians must consider various factors before a ventilated child can go to school, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

With the country in the midst of a national emergency in pediatric mental health, we spoke with Marian Earls, MD, chair of the AAP’s council on healthy mental and emotional development, about the crisis and the resources available to pediatricians caring for patients with mental health issues.

WASHINGTON — Amid a national emergency in child mental health, two studies at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting explored ways that mental health is and can be treated at schools.

In the United States, students with disabilities are more likely to experience homelessness than peers without disabilities, but insufficient reporting practices make the full scope of the problem unclear, according to researchers.

A study that used wastewater signals to identify cases of COVID-19 found that even a small increase in the proportion of people wearing masks at elementary schools in one California county significantly reduced the chance of a case.

Adding more physical education classes in grades one to nine could help lower the prevalence of obesity among school-aged children, according to a study published in Obesity.