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Our experts weigh in on COVID-19 and offer helpful information in the media:
May 2023
- Medical Xpress, Technology Networks, Innovation District: Study finds pandemic stress has reshaped the placenta of expectant moms (May 10, 2023)
- US News: Preparing for the next ‘tripledemic’ (May 4, 2023)
April 2023
- USA Today, MSN, Yahoo: Does COVID-19 during pregnancy lead to neurodevelopmental problems in babies? (April 18, 2023)
- POLITICO: Future Pulse Newsletter | The ideas and innovators shaping health care (April 11, 2023)
- American Psychological Association: The reality of pediatric long COVID (April 10, 2023)
- MSN, Yahoo: What does long COVID do to kids? What we've learned after a year of research (April 5, 2023)
March 2023
- Undark, The Wire: Do a Quarter of All Children Really Get Long Covid? (March 17, 2023)
- Innovation District: Will SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy impact child’s neurodevelopment? (March 14, 2023)
- Tech Explorist: Whether SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy affects a child’s risk for neurodevelopmental disorders? (March 14, 2023)
- The Atlantic: The next stage of COVID is starting now (March 13, 2023)
February 2023
- BPHope: A pandemic-era survival guide for parents of children with ADHD (February 6, 2023)
January 2023
- Washington Examiner: 'Tripledemic' wanes as RSV, flu and COVID-19 cases trend down nationally (January 26, 2023)
- The Atlantic, WebToday: Wait,is this winter going … okay? (January 26, 2023)
- USA Today: Biden to name Jeff Zients, who steered COVID response, as White House chief of staff (January 25, 2023)
- Fortune, Yahoo: COVID during pregnancy dramatically increases the risk of complications and maternal death, large new study finds (January 19, 2023)
- WTOP: DC doctor on signs to watch for during a workout to assess heart health (January 5, 2023)
- The Washington Post: After holiday surge, viral illnesses could derail school, work plans (January 3, 2023)
December 2022
- Healio: 2022 in review: Pediatricians answer questions about polio, mpox, COVID-19 vaccines (December 21, 2022)
- Innovation District: Case study: COVID-19 patient with autoimmune adrenal insufficiency and hypothyroidism (December 13, 2022)
- News Nation, MSN, CBS Baltimore, FOX8: Is it COVID, RSV or flu? These are symptoms to look out for (December 12, 2022)
- The Atlantic: 2022 In photos: How the first months unfolded (December 7, 2022)
- Innovation District: Early SARS-CoV-2 exposure may impact infant development (December 5, 2022)
- Associated Press: AP's top 2022 photos capture a planet bursting at the seams (December 1, 2022)
- Innovation District: Early SARS-CoV-2 exposure may impact infant development (December 1, 2022)
November 2022
- Healio: What is causing long COVID in children? (November 21, 2022)
- WUSA9: Rising respiratory illnesses have local hospitals warning of a 'bed crisis' (November 18, 2022)
- Wall Street Journal: RSV is surging in kids and elderly adults. What to know about symptoms and when to worry. (November 18, 2022)
- WebToday: Hospital admissions among seniors are 10 times higher than usual as flu surges in the U.S. (November 17, 2022)
- CBS Evening News: Nurse shortage leads to burnout, low morale. What can be done? (November 16, 2022)
- WTOP: DC hospital tracks ‘rapidly increasing numbers’ of flu amid RSV, COVID-19 cases (November 15, 2022)
- Daily Mail UK: Kids bear brunt of 'tripledemic': Almost 100% of pediatric beds in Rhode Island, Washington D.C. and Arizona are full — with medics forced to treat patients in hospital corridors (November 10, 2022)
- Fortune, MSN: The ‘tripledemic’ is sickening kids across America and straining hospitals, as a gift shop turns into a triage room and a hospital exec helps out in the ER (November 9, 2022)
- Healio: VIDEO: Early SARS-CoV-2 exposure may impact infant development (November 4, 2022)
- DC News Now: DC Council delays DC Public Schools COVID vaccine mandate, doctors and parents react to decision (November 3, 2022)
- Fortune: Viral infections like RSV, the flu, and COVID have one Southern California county declaring a pediatric health emergency. It’s far from alone (November 3, 2022)
October 2022
- CBS Nightly News: RSV cases push children's hospitals to capacity (October 27, 2022)
- Fox 5: Tripledemic concerns (October 26, 2022)
- CNN: Triple threat emerging: flu, Covid, RSV (October 25, 2022)
- Time, MSN, Yahoo: For kids with long COVID, good treatment is hard to find (October 24, 2022)
- Hearst TV: CDC committee votes to add COVID-19 vaccine to recommended immunization schedule (October 21, 2022)
- The MotherToBaby: Podcast Long COVID, pregnancy and pediatrics (October 18, 2022)
- Fox 5 DC: RSV cases on the rise (October 17, 2022)
- Innovation District: COVID-19 vaccine may protect pregnant women from SARS-CoV-2 placentitis and stillbirth (October 12, 2022)
- Medical Xpress, News Medical: COVID-19 vaccine may be lifesaving for pregnant women and their unborn children (October 12, 2022)
- NBC, Telemundo: U.S. hospitals brace for an unprecedented winter of viruses (October 11, 2022)
September 2022
- Denver Post: A Colorado teen’s long COVID isn’t just persisting — after 2 years, it’s getting worse (September 11, 2022)
- MSNBC: The importance of Covid-19 booster shots (September 7, 2022)
- Healio: Parents’ concerns about safety of childhood vaccines increased during pandemic (September 6, 2022)
August 2022
- Scientific American: Long COVID in children appears less common than early fears suggested (August 25, 2022)
- ABC7: Children's headaches, anxiety worsened during pandemic, study says (August 22nd 2022)
- MedPage Today: Biden administration escalates battle against long COVID (August 19, 2022)
- NBC 10 Philadelphia: Children's National Hospital studying long COVID in kids with help of Virginia twins (August 16, 2022)
- WebMD: Diagnosing kids with long COVID can be tricky (August 15, 2022)
- NBC 4: Children's National Hospital studying long COVID in kids with help of Virginia twins (August 12, 2022)
- Fortune: Blood clots, heart problems, kidney failure: COVID creates a higher risk for rare pediatric health problems, new CDC study finds (August 4, 2022)
July 2022
- NBC 4: Most parents of young children reluctant to get them vaccinated for COVID-19 (July 27, 2022)
- Healio: Following reactions to first COVID-19 vaccine, children can safely receive second dose (July 27, 2022)
- NBC News: New study estimates how many children will get long COVID (July 25, 2022)
- FOX 5: Parents urged to vaccinate children (July 22, 2022)
- Crain’s Chicago Business, WSFA.COM, News Medical & Life Sciences: New $29 million grant awarded to five leading children’s hospitals for improving pandemic readiness (July 20, 2022)
- The Financial Express” Blood thickness linked with death risk in severe COVID-19 (July 20, 2022)
- U.S. News & World Report: High blood thickness ups death risk; Few problems with Flu-COVID shots together (July 19, 2022)
- Washington Business Journal: Children’s National Hospital gets millions in federal funding for pandemic preparedness (July 19, 2022)
- WTOP: Don’t let summer slip by without making sure kids have routine vaccinations required to start school (July 18, 2022)
- theSkimm: What we know about kids and long COVID and all the things we don’t (July 15, 2022)
- U.S. News & World Report: How many people have long COVID? The statistics are ‘pretty scary’ (July 8, 2022)
- Daily Magazine: Who’s most at risk of developing long COVID? Experts think these 6 groups of people might be (July 5, 2022)
- WJLA 7: Which COVID-19 vaccine is best for your child? (July 1, 2022)
- The Washington Post: A quarter of D.C. kids are behind on routine vaccines, officials say (July 1, 2022)
June 2022
- Healio: COVID-19 vaccination recommended for patients with inborn errors of immunity (June 29, 2022)
- WTOP: COVID-19 vaccine for kids (June 27, 2022)
- WJLA: New COVID-19 vaccine for kids (June 24, 2022)
- CBS News, Daily Mail, Devdiscourse, FOX Business, Head Topics, News 24, USA Today, Yahoo: U.S. rolls out covid-19 vaccines for youngest kids (June 22, 2022)
- Today: COVID vaccine rollout for kids under five a relief for some parents (June 21, 2022)
- WTOP: Doctor answers questions on COVID-19 vaccines for younger kids (June 21, 2022)
- Hearst TV: Infant and preschooler vaccine progress (June 21, 2022)
- The Washington Post: Finally, vaccines for young kids (June 21, 2022)
- CNN.com, CNN Live, CNN Live, Headline News, MSN, NBC 4, Reuters, The Washington Post, USA Today, WJLA, WTOP: Coverage of Children’s National Under Five Vaccine Rollout (June 21, 2022)
- WJLA: Is it long COVID or something else? Expert explains how you can tell the difference (June 15, 2022)
- The Atlantic: Vaccines for the littlest kids have already flopped (June 10, 2022)
- CBS Evening News: Hospital studying long-term impacts of COVID in kids (June 7, 2022)
- The Washington Post: D.C. tries to improve low compliance rate for routine youth vaccines (June 6, 2022)
- The National Desk: Amid push to screen kids 8+ for anxiety, key mental health resources are stretched thin (June 6, 2022)
- Daily Magazine: Long COVID symptoms: What we know and don’t know about the mysterious illness that could affect up to 80% of COVID survivors (June 4, 2022)
- Fortune: COVID is significantly more lethal to kids than the flu (June 3, 2022)
May 2022
- Newshub, STAT morning rounds, The Independent, TheSundayPost, Yahoo: Stress in pregnant women during the pandemic may impact babies’ brains (May 27, 2022)
- Bioengineer.org, Publimetro, Healthworld.com, Financial Express: Pandemic-related stressors in pregnant women may impact their babies before they’re born (May 26, 2022)
- HealthDay, MedicineNet, Newsmax, UPI: Pandemic has U.S. hospitals overwhelmed with teens in mental crisis (May 25, 2022)
- WTOP: D.C. doctor urges COVID-19 vaccination, boosters for eligible young children (May 20, 2022)
- ABC News: Gun homicides spiked 35% during the first year of the pandemic, CDC says (May 10, 2022)
- CNN, CTV News, HeadTopics: Children get long Covid, too, and it can show up in unexpected ways (May 4, 2022)