children and COVID

Closing schools should be avoided during pandemics according to new study

Disrupting schools should be the last resort. Closing Irish schools should be the last resort to control the spread of viruses like Covid-19, new HSE research has revealed. The new study found that there was a limited spread of the virus in Irish schools during the pandemic. It claims that less than 3% of close […]

Disrupting schools should be the last resort. Closing Irish schools should be the last resort to control the spread of viruses like Covid-19, new HSE research has revealed. The new study found that there was a limited spread of the virus in Irish schools during the pandemic. It claims that less than 3% of close […]

3 years ago

Babies as young as six months now to be offered Covid vaccine

Children over five can avail of it now. Children as young as six months in Ireland are set to be offered the Covid-19 vaccine for the first time, reports suggest. According to the Irish Independent, advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) shows that the eligibility for the vaccine is to be reduced to […]

Children over five can avail of it now. Children as young as six months in Ireland are set to be offered the Covid-19 vaccine for the first time, reports suggest. According to the Irish Independent, advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) shows that the eligibility for the vaccine is to be reduced to […]

3 years ago

Long Covid symptoms in kids are not actually caused by the virus study finds

Great news for concerned parents. Scientists and medical experts have long agreed that to most healthy children, Covid is usually a fairly mild affair, with many children not even developing any symptoms at all, and others getting away with just a sniffle or feeling a little tired and ‘off.’ However, many parents have worried about […]

Great news for concerned parents. Scientists and medical experts have long agreed that to most healthy children, Covid is usually a fairly mild affair, with many children not even developing any symptoms at all, and others getting away with just a sniffle or feeling a little tired and ‘off.’ However, many parents have worried about […]

4 years ago

Covid vaccine for kids 5 to 11 offers ‘significantly less’ protection than expected

Not the result they were hoping for. According to data collected during the recent Omicron surge in New York state, researchers discovered that the Pfizer vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11 was shown to be significantly less effective at preventing infection than the same vaccine for kids and teens ages 12 and up, which […]

Not the result they were hoping for. According to data collected during the recent Omicron surge in New York state, researchers discovered that the Pfizer vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11 was shown to be significantly less effective at preventing infection than the same vaccine for kids and teens ages 12 and up, which […]

4 years ago

GP says children should never self-isolate alone in their room

“You cannot and should not isolate very young children in their rooms by themselves.” Government advice is that if your child tests positive for the Covid-19 virus, they should remain at home and not go to school, meet friends and participate in any activity outside the home until a negative test result has been achieved. […]

“You cannot and should not isolate very young children in their rooms by themselves.” Government advice is that if your child tests positive for the Covid-19 virus, they should remain at home and not go to school, meet friends and participate in any activity outside the home until a negative test result has been achieved. […]

4 years ago

Sweden decides against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-12

“With the knowledge we have today, with a low risk for serious disease for kids, we don’t see any clear benefit with vaccinating them.” Sweden has decided against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-11, their Health Agency said in a statement yesterday afternoon. Health Agency official Britta Bjorkholm told a news conference in Stockholm […]

“With the knowledge we have today, with a low risk for serious disease for kids, we don’t see any clear benefit with vaccinating them.” Sweden has decided against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-11, their Health Agency said in a statement yesterday afternoon. Health Agency official Britta Bjorkholm told a news conference in Stockholm […]

4 years ago