American Academy of Pediatrics

Schools have begun reopening in the U.S. with most states leaving it up to local schools to decide whether to require masks.

NBC 7’s Omari Fleming felt the pulse of some parents and students after the latest guidance on masks at schools.

The debate over California’s requirements for students and staff to mask up inside school is being bolstered by one of the nation’s top pediatric groups, and parents in San Diego County are reacting.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending all children over the age of 2 wear masks when returning to school this fall.

NBC 7’s Rory Devine explains why an increase in the percentages of pediatric COVID-19 cases among new cases overall isn’t cause for concern.

The percentage of children getting infected with COVID-19 is going up compared to a year ago, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. That may sound alarming when you look only at the percentages, but if you put the numbers in context it is not necessarily bad news.

The American Academy of Pediatrics issued updated guidelines for how children and teens can safely participate in organized sports and physical education classes.

She isn’t scrolling through Instagram. She’s not mimicking the newest dance on TikTok. She’s not using the latest filter on Snapchat. Riley Cox might be a unicorn. She’s 15 years old and deleted her social media six weeks ago. “I looked at my phone and I was like, ‘You know what? Let’s be impulsive and let’s delete it,’” laughed...

Riley Cox deleted her social media apps six weeks ago and couldn’t be happier, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little

Many districts say that most families said in surveys that they want to go back to school for in-person learning, reports NBC 7 education reporter Rory Devine.

Support is mounting for getting back to in-person instruction in schools, but there are some who still have reservations.

NBC 7’s Rory Devine heard from a parent who isn’t quite ready to send her kids back to campus.

More than 500,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported Tuesday, and the rate of new cases among kids continues to rise.

NBC 7’s Rory Devine breaks down the data from the report.

There is a dramatic increase in the number of coronavirus cases among children in the United States, according to a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. That study says the number of cases increased 90% in four months and shows juvenile cases in California were up 150% last month. In California, a child is…

After a huge recall of incline sleep products, parents are wondering if it is OK to let their babies sleep in car seats.

Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren’t a fluke. Obesity rates dropped steadily to about 14% in 2016 — the latest data available — from 16% in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. “It gives us more hope...

High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a distraction in her class. But not even her students realized the psychological toll of their devices until an in-class experiment that, of course, was then spreading on social media. For one class period, students used a whiteboard to tally, in real time, every Snapchat, Instagram, text, call or other notification...

A lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future faces a major hurdle Tuesday as lawyers for the Trump administration argue to stop the case from moving forward. Three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are hearing arguments from lawyers for 21 young people and...

The young models and the candy-colored graphics that helped propel Juul to the top of the e-cigarette market are gone. In their place are people like Carolyn, a 54-year-old former smoker featured in new TV commercials touting Juul as an alternative for middle-age smokers. “I don’t think anyone including myself thought that I could make the switch,” Carolyn says, sitting...