Emergency room visits for kids are down during the pandemic. But thatâs not entirely good news
Behind the low numbers of broken bones and bouts of the flu is a darker reality: the profound isolation and inactivity that children have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated April 9, 2021, 5:48 p.m.
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Dr. Susan Duffy, MD, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Hasbro Children s Hospital, poses for a photo in the hospital s healing garden in Providence, R.I., on April 9, 2021. The hospital has seen a decrease in ER visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.Matthew Healey/Matthew Healey for The Boston Globe