Aug 8, 2021
KQED News Mind/Shift – Dustin Jones
In the last week alone, according to the report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association, nearly 72,000 cases were reported in children, roughly 19% of the total number of new cases nationwide. And while hospitalizations and deaths remain low, the number of child coronavirus infections increased by 3% over the last two weeks of the month after declining earlier in the summer.
Read More: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/58258/serious-cases-remain-rare-but-coronavirus-infections-in-children-are-on-the-rise
Aug 7, 2021
WSMV – Holly Thompson
Many Midstate students are returning or getting ready to return to school, and that means a return to a morning and bedtime routine that may have been a little loose over the summer. There are five key things to consider when easing students back into bed and back into the classroom.
Read More: https://www.wsmv.com/news/getting-your-child-back-into-a-healthy-back-to-school-bedtime-routine/article_7fe11160-f6a3-11eb-8a39-f34aabfc27ea.html
Aug 7, 2021
Medical X-Press – Dennis Thompson
The Delta variant is proving just as infectious for children as for everyone else, with pediatric cases surging in some parts of the United States, pediatricians and children’s hospitals say.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-08-delta-variant-kids-harder.html
Aug 6, 2021
Hackensack Meridian Health – Staff Writer
Physical activity is important for all children, and helping your child find the right activity for their physical needs, personality and preferences at an early age is key to making exercise an enjoyable lifelong habit.
Read More: https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/HealthU/2021/07/27/how-to-find-the-best-physical-activity-for-your-kid/
Aug 6, 2021
Science Daily – Staff Writer
Swimming a few laps likely won’t turn your child into the next Katie Ledecky or Michael Phelps, but it just might help them become the next J.K. Rowling or Stephen King. A recent study suggests aerobic exercise, such as swimming, can boost kids’ vocabulary growth.
Read More: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210728105611.htm
