Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal officials may withdraw an endorsement for the vaccine in younger children.

Similar to the flu, health experts say the best defense against COVID is staying up to date with the most recent vaccine. But some variants hit harder than others, especially in children, older adults ...

A sweeping new study has uncovered a powerful connection between long COVID and the challenges people face in everyday life.

This translates to about six million children with Long COVID, which, the authors explain, "is higher than the number of children with asthma, the most common chronic health problem in children." ...

The study found that roughly 1 in 7 previously infected children meet the criteria for long COVID. "For parents who want their children to be vaccinated, we want them to have that opportunity ...

It is true that on average children have milder COVID-19 infections and develop long COVID less commonly than adults. However, milder does not mean mild, and less common does not mean uncommon.

Emerging research continues to uncover long-term health impacts linked to Covid-19, with impacts ranging from brain ageing and lung complications to a significant rise in digestive disorders.

Long before he joined the FDA to run the center that regulates vaccines, Vinay Prasad argued against COVID shots for kids. Among his many criticisms of the United States’ approach to combatting ...

COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country. Data shows overall respiratory virus spread is very low in the U.S.

While adults are more likely to get long COVID than are children, the risk of pediatric PCC is between 1% and 3% among those infected with COVID, the authors noted. “It was a minority of the ...

Long Covid Scotland and Long Covid Kids have quit a Scottish Government network.