children's health

Parents of children under 5 have to wait a little bit longer before COVID vaccines are available. In the meantime pediatricians are still working to increase vaccinations in the 5-11 age group.

The Kids Count report shows that Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Sarasota and Manatee made progress on reducing the number of children living in poverty and in homes with high housing costs.

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month will end Sept. 30, but an expert in South Florida continues her work to inform families that when children and adolescents feel depression, anxiety or trauma, which are prevalent during the pandemic, they need to seek help early on. Emotional health is like physical health — seeking help is OK.

He estimates the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine may be available for children by November or December.

The federal funds are earmarked for low-income children who receive free and reduced lunch, to help offset the cost of feeding them at home this summer.

A COVID vaccine for children younger than 12 is not yet available, but research is well underway and the first shot for some kids in this age group is expected in the fall, doctors say.

Some public health experts are also parents of little kids, and have to strategize to keep those too young to be vaccinated safe from getting or spreading the delta variant. Here are their tips.

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The pandemic has hurt even routine health services such as vaccines and checkups, as well as immunization outreach, for children around the world, the World Health Organization and UNICEF report.

The report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation looks at several factors such as income levels, education and access to healthcare.

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