A year of school shutdowns and family trauma leads to social isolation, stress and mental-health issues

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A new poll shows parents are split on getting their kids the coronavirus vaccine.

Prasad says it’s time to move COVID vaccine doses to wherever they will save the most lives

A trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on children in the UK has been paused even as the country’s medicines regulator probes a possible link of the vaccine with rare blood clots in adults, the media reported.

In a grim reminder of the death toll from COVID-19, a new study published by the American Medical Association found that nearly 40,000 U.S. children have lost one of their parents to the virus.

COVID-19 vaccines are now being tested in children, with students at the middle school level or even younger possibly able to get vaccinated just in time for the next academic year.

Remote learning, the loss of sports and activities and social isolation have caused an increase in anxiety and depression for children of all ages over the past year.

With Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s announcement that Arkansans age 16 and older are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations came other hopeful news from Pfizer.