Tag Archives: COVID-19

According to the World Health Organization, vaccination prevents 3.5 million to 5 million deaths globally each year. Yet, in recent years the number of unvaccinated children has skyrocketed. We talked to pediatricians to find out why and to learn how parents can keep their kids safe. Due to the pandemic, …

No one needs a reminder of how COVID-19 disrupted nearly every facet of life, especially our educational infrastructure. Teachers and educators had some of the hardest jobs, charged with delivering a full education via virtual learning and pivoting completely almost overnight. In honor of Mother’s Day, we spoke with two …

  No one needs a reminder of how COVID-19 disrupted nearly every facet of life, especially our educational infrastructure. Teachers and educators had some of the hardest jobs, charged with delivering a full education via virtual learning and pivoting completely almost overnight. In honor of Mother’s Day, we spoke with …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused us to rethink, rework and reprioritize the way we go about our lives. It’s resulted in confusing decisions for parents, raising questions such as “which outings are necessary?” and “how do I keep my child healthy when at businesses and other types of appointments?” …

  Port Discovery Children’s Museum is giving away free tickets to children and families who get vaccinated or boosted at their Baltimore City clinics. In collaboration with the Baltimore City Health Department and Johns Hopkins Medicine, the museum will offer free clinics at select locations, providing the Pfizer vaccine for …

  When Jane Brophy, head nurse at Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital, gets home from work, she puts down her bag, says hello to her husband and five children — and then frolics with her 10 chickens for 30 or 45 minutes. “It sounds crazy, but …

  Baltimore County Public Libraries will have a limited number of COVID-19 rapid tests available for pickup this weekend. Tests will be available on Friday, Jan. 21, at the Pikesville branch only and on Saturday at all other branches. Distribution will begin at 9 a.m. on both days. Each person …

  While the COVID-19 pandemic has given summer camps ample opportunity to practice keeping campers safe from illness and looking after their physical health, are those same camps also watching over their campers’ mental and emotional health? Baltimore’s Child takes a closer look at what camps are doing to guide …

  The National Aquarium will require all visitors ages 12 and older to provide proof of full vaccination for COVID-19 upon entry, effective Jan. 25. “Since the pandemic began, we have grounded our policies and practices in the best available science,” says John Racanelli, National Aquarium CEO, in a news …

First, the good news: Mental illness in children and adolescents is often treatable and preventable. Unfortunately, the mental health of our country’s youth is in crisis, according to a recently released advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. The advisory states that this youth mental health crisis occurred long before …