teens

The number of U.S. emergency room visits for suspected suicide attempts by teen girls jumped during the COVID-19 pandemic by as much as 51 percent, according to a report released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At least 18 teens and young adults in Connecticut have shown symptoms of heart problems after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, acting health commissioner Dr. Deirdre Gifford said Monday. Gifford said all but one of the young adults hospitalized for signs of heart problems have been released. Four of those young residents were hospitalized at Yale New Haven Health and three…

A 17-year-old young man from Naugatuck on medication and he is being monitored after doctors discovered he had pericarditis, an inflammation of the lining outside the heart, and it was discovered soon after he received a COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge explains how to create a safe space for kids to talk about mental health.