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Anchor lead: You can help your children feel they’re helping with the pandemic, Elizabeth Tracey reports Staying at home is helping everyone in the pandemic by reducing the chances for more people to become infected.  Rachel Thornton, a pediatrician at Johns …

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Anchor lead: Some groups of children may experience more severe COVID-19 disease than others, Elizabeth Tracey reports COVID-19 infection seems to hit most children much less severely than many adults, but there are groups of kids who may be especially …

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Anchor lead: What should parents do if they suspect their children may have COVID-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Even though children may most often have milder symptoms of COVID-19 infection, as several studies have shown, parents should be on the lookout …

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Anchor lead: Understanding inflammation is key to managing COVID-19, Elizabeth Tracey reports Inflammation is the process where our bodies engage several different types of cells, proteins and other factors to fight off infection, yet when it comes to COVID-19, we …

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Anchor lead: Do certain blood pressure medicines increase risk for COVID-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure medicines known by the acronyms ACE inhibitors and ARBs were thought to increase risk for those infected with SARS-CoV2. Enid Neptune, a lung and …

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