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Seeing children in the rooms that she cleans suffer, she said, was “overwhelming.”Behind her, beeping screens monitoring the low blood oxygen levels and alarmingly high heart rates of the children told the story.Nearby, medical teams were…

But quarantines were disruptive to students and parents, resulting in more than 1 million children being forced out of schools, or 14 percent of the public school population, in mid-July. About 7 percent of teachers were sent home over the…

Dr. Burmaher noted that young people with bipolar disorder tend to have recurrent major depressive episodes, but that "depressive episodes are not necessary for diagnosis". For some, mania is the main symptom.When depression is the…

President Joe Biden speaks about reaching 300 million COVID-19 vaccination shots, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Washington.Evan Vucci | APPresident Joe Biden on Friday doubled down on his…

Chameleon eye | iStock | Getty ImagesSuicide attempts increased among 12 to 17 year olds, especially teenage girls, during the Covid-19 pandemic and got worse the longer the social distancing orders and bans on, according to new data from…

Radoslav Zilinsky moment | Getty ImagesScientists at Texas A & M University's Global Health Research Complex have reportedly discovered a new variant of Covid-19 that shows signs of an infectious strain that causes more serious…

A paramedic takes a patient to an emergency room at Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, New Jersey on December 11, 2020.I have Betancur | AFP | Getty ImagesDr. Paul Offit, a doctor at Philadelphia…

After a boom year for the tech industry, investors poured money into grocery shipping companies, online brokers and Elon Musk's SpaceX in early 2021, creating a record quarter for US venture finance.Venture-backed firms raised $ 64 billion…

The study aimed to collect data on brain activity from children ages 1 and 3 during home visits, and researchers managed to get the first set of data for about two-thirds of children before the pandemic broke out. Since home visits are…

People walk along Ocean Drive on March 21, 2021 in Miami Beach, Florida. College students have arrived in the South Florida area for the annual spring break ritual and have urged city officials to impose a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.…