With remarkable speed, numerous children’s books have been published in response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, teaching children about coronavirus and encouraging them to protect themselves and others. Children’s literature has a long history of exploring difficult topics, with original fairy tales often including gruesome imagery to teach children…
Andrew Ohar is one of 1,085 people who have died from complications of COVID-19 in Florida long-term care as of Monday. It’s a statistic that his daughter, Robin, has grown to despise. Her father – the Marine veteran who fought in World War II, supported five children and stayed devoted…
A boy wears a handmade mask to try to reduce transmission of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Stephen Shankland/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. At first, the belief that COVID-19 doesn’t always affect children as severely as it strikes adults…
The coronavirus pandemic will have a “disastrous” impact on children’s rights worldwide, making them more vulnerable to forced labor and underage marriage, a rights group said Tuesday. The economic shock from lockdowns would also leave governments short of money for children’s health and education, Dutch NGO KidsRights said as it…
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed over 263,000 people worldwide. More than 3.7 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University….
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Since 2015, non-profit group TasteWise Kids has been teaching children about food, where it comes from and the importance of healthy eating habits. What used to be time spent in the classroom has turned into lessons online because of the Coronavirus. Kerry Flanagan, the group’s manager of…
A New York Times editorial referred to K-12 students in the U.S. as a “lost generation of kids.” After interviewing education experts, writers at the Washington Post concluded “millions of public school students will suffer.” One expert even predicted, “We are facing an educational catastrophe.” A lost generation? An educational catastrophe? This is hyperbole….
DENVER (CBS4) – A second Kroger employee who worked at a King Soopers in Denver has died after contracting coronavirus. James Mckay, 75, worked at the grocery store located at 9th Avenue and Downing Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. (credit: CBS) The union Mckay belonged to reported that he…
ORLANDO, Fla. — COVID-19 has forced businesses to shut their doors. Employees in the entertainment, service, and beauty industries — among others — are not working. Also, huge losses on Wall Street are eroding many American’s retirement savings. But adults aren’t the only ones feeling money worries right now. A…
CHICAGO (WLS) — Sara Garcia’s 6-year-old son Nolan is hospitalized at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital battling a mysterious inflammatory illness that mimics symptoms of Kawasaki’s Disease and appears to be linked to COVID-19.Garcia took Nolan to the hospital several days ago with a high fever. RELATED: Kids sick with mysterious…
