More than 100 Australian kids have had multisystem inflammatory syndrome after COVID, write Nicholas Wood and Philip Britton. One of the rare complications of COVID in children is an inflammatory illness called paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS-TS) that occurs in the weeks following the time of...
asks Thea van de Mortel. And with all this COVID around, should we be isolating too? As we head towards winter, the likelihood of picking up a pesky cold increases. But COVID changes how we approach sore throats and runny noses. If you have cold symptoms and...
If you’ve ever tried to make new friends as an adult, writes Anastasia Hronis, you’ll probably see why loneliness is at an all-time high. Making new friends feels just plain hard. In school, making friends can be as simple as going on the monkey bars together....
Throughout the course of the pandemic, Australian kids felt anxious (34%), irritable (30%) and generally impatient (28%) - and children with certain neurodiverse conditions felt even worse, with 47% of those living with ADHD, and 42% of those with dyslexia feeling more anxious than ever,...
Research from Camp Australia, the nation’s largest provider of Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), has found children in Australia’s most locked down states – ACT, NSW and Vic – have been most impacted by the pandemic. These findings have highlighted the need to support young...
What do I need to know? asks Thea van de Mortel With the surge in Omicron cases, doctors are finding presentations of croup in children seeking hospital care for COVID in Australia and internationally. In some cases, children presenting to hospital with croup are infected only with...
"Have you stopped wearing reusable fabric masks?" Aleasha McCallion, Forbes McGain and Kim Borg look at the waste produced from COVID disposables At the beginning of the pandemic, many of us opted to buy reusable fabric masks to help fight the spread of COVID – they’re...
Exactly two years ago, on March 11 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, writes Adrian Esterman This was two months after there were reports of a mystery virus infecting people in Wuhan, the most populous city in central China. Early reports...
A Murdoch Children's Research study found a COVID infection left some children with difficulty sleeping, having nightmares and withdrawing from friends. Research at a Glance: The research has outlined the significant toll of the pandemic on children’s mental well-being, academic results and physical health. But it...
Here’s how you and your child’s school can help, report Christine Grové and Kelly-Ann Allen With COVID-related school closures and long periods of remote learning, many kids across Australia have not physically been at school for most of the past two years. Because of the...
