covid-19 in children

New data shows the nearly 49,000 new cases of reported pediatric COVID-19 cases last week was the lowest weekly total since late October.

As COVID-19 vaccine trials begin for children, many parents may be understandably wary about signing their own child up as a subject. So we got Peter Pitts, a former FDA associate commissioner and president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, to break down how vaccine trials for children work and how researchers ensure they’re safe.

Even with vaccine distribution ramping up across the country, there is still good reason to remain on guard against the coronavirus. Infectious disease physician Dr. Dena Grayson flagged a troubling trend in children who catch COVID-19 — specifically a worrying rise in a dangerous multisystem inflammatory syndrome called MIS-C.