In a recent study published in Environmental Research, researchers investigated whether surgical and N95 face masks cause respiratory distress in children. In the present study, researchers assessed ...

"These findings have important public health implications. Wearing a face mask did not lead to increased hand-to-face contact, but [was] associated with reduced hand-to-mucosa contact, which may add ...

Worried face masks are impairing your child’s social and emotional development? You’re not alone. Let's face it, stressing about the impact of COVID on our kids is becoming a national pastime. One of ...

Three years is a long time for any of us, but it's a very long time in the lives of children. My 7-year-old son has now lived with the reality of the pandemic for 43 percent of his life. For my almost ...

If there were a symbol or icon to represent the past year, it would definitely be the face mask. Indeed, face masks have become the banner of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is reasonable, as all ...

Should parents and caregivers be worried if their child's school is no longer going to require masks? What steps can they take if they want to continue reducing their children's risk of contracting ...

As children return to school and day care, doctors said they're noticing not only a spike in child cases, but also in family members who have had interaction with kids when they get home from these ...

No matter how you feel about kids being required to wear masks at school, throughout the pandemic, there have been questions about how the mask will psychologically impact children "I don't have any ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Masks are an important school supply this year, especially if local school districts are planning on having in-person classes and activities this fall. But having children ...

This week, my colleague Dana Goldstein reported that Head Start preschools and child care centers are still requiring teachers and children as young as 2 to wear masks. As she explains, this is out of ...