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COVID-19 during pregnancy shows no affect on placental structure and pathology
A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in August 2020 shows that the placenta in pregnant women infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) does not show any signs of abnormality that can be attributed to ... [Continue Reading]
Could there be a second lockdown, and what UK rules are easing from tomorrow?
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WHO urges the public to avoid routine dental work amid the coronavirus pandemic
With the cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) skyrocketing globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) is now warning the public to avoid routine dental procedures to reduce the risk of infection. SOURCE: News ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — The Many Factors in School Reopening
This is not the place for tracing the history of all the fallacious assumptions about COVID-19, but there certainly seem to be a lot of them. People used to think that its contagious droplets would not travel very far, or linger in the air for very ... [Continue Reading]
Leicester lockdown map: What are the rules, and when will it end?
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Pasteurization inactivates SARS‐CoV ‐2 in human milk, study finds
A new study has confirmed what researchers already suspected to be the case: heat inactivates SARS-CoV-2 in human milk. SOURCE: News Medical Child Health News Feed - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
New Zealand rocked by 13 new coronavirus cases as officials scramble to find source
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Study explores children’s perceptions of social robots in elderly care
The study of children's interactions with robots was carried out at the Norwegian research fair held in every major city. It is an annual national event where children gain insight into science and what researchers do. SOURCE: News Medical Child ... [Continue Reading]
Teens’ social media use does not raise risk for depression, study finds
New findings refute popular wisdom and may provide relief to parents and educators concerned with adolescents' heavy use of social media -- particularly during the COVID-19 crisis. SOURCE: Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — School and Its Perils
Somehow, word got around that COVID-19 was unlikely to either infect, or be transmitted by, children. Researchers desperately scrambled to find reliable and sufficiently large data sets to verify the relative safety of kids. But then, the results ... [Continue Reading]
Wednesday morning news briefing: Britain plunges into record recession
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Study focuses on genetic neurological disorders that develop in children over time
A team of researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) affiliated with the CHOP Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) further bridged the gap between genomic information and clinical outcome data by systematically linking genetic ... [Continue Reading]
Multifocal contact lenses reduce worsening nearsightedness in children
Children wearing multifocal contact lenses had slower progression of their myopia, according to results from a clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. SOURCE: News Medical Child Health News ... [Continue Reading]
New Zealand investigating freight as possible source of Covid-19 outbreak
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AI-enhanced precision medicine identifies novel autism subtype
A novel precision medicine approach enhanced by artificial intelligence has laid the groundwork for what could be the first biomedical screening and intervention tool for a subtype of autism, reports a new study. SOURCE: Children's Health News -- ... [Continue Reading]
Excess weight among pregnant women may interfere with child’s developing brain
Obesity in expectant mothers may hinder the development of the babies' brains as early as the second trimester, a new study finds. SOURCE: Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Experts recommend strict, costly approaches for reopening schools
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently highlighted the importance of students' returning to the classroom in its COVID-19 return-to-school guidance. Jason Wang, MD, PhD, of Stanford Health Policy also believes it's time for kids in the United ... [Continue Reading]
Vaping linked to COVID-19 risk in teens and young adults, study finds
Vaping is linked to a substantially increased risk of COVID-19 among teenagers and young adults, according to a new study. SOURCE: Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Early neural activity associated with autism
Researchers have found evidence of signature brain activity in infants that predicted ASD symptoms later at 18 months old. SOURCE: Children's Health News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — What If Summer Slide Never Ends?
As we know, summer vacation has mixed effects on school-age children. The physical problem is counterintuitive, but real. Anyone who holds a mental picture of kids getting lots of exercise and slimming down over the summer will likely turn out to ... [Continue Reading]
Tuesday morning news briefing: Contact tracers ‘paid to watch Netflix’
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