The new multi-institutional study is among the first large-scale studies to compare the outcomes of the COVID-19 infection caused by Omicron to that brought on by Delta in children below the age of five.
According to a new study led by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, children who contract COVID-19, develop natural circulating antibodies that can last for at least seven months.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Tuesday said that the pandemic is having a "devastating" effect on the mental health and well-being of young people.
The pharmaceutical company BioNTech will soon apply for approval of a COVID-19 vaccine for children between 5 and 11 years old. DW visited a park in Berlin to find out what parents and children have to say about vaccinating kids.