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As a vulnerable population, children and youth may be affected by COVID-19 pandemic policies implemented, including education, mental health, safety, and socioeconomic stability; the infection of the virus may lead to separation or loss of their family. [6]
Criteria that vary among these three definitions include the ways in which involvement of different organs is defined, the duration of fever, and how exposure to COVID-19 is assessed. [15] The preliminary WHO case definition is for "multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) in children and adolescents temporally related to COVID-19" [2] (box). [24]
No one is immune from coronavirus. But some people are more vulnerable than others to contracting the illness and developing severe, even fatal, cases. We've known that since the beginning of the ...
A new report from Every Woman Every Child highlights progress in protecting women and children but reported "disruptions in essential health interventions disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable women and children" due to COVID-19.
The CDC's Social Vulnerability Index calculated which communities in the U.S. are particularly vulnerable when it comes to preparing for external stresses on human health.
The COVID-19 vaccines are widely credited for their role in reducing the severity and death caused by COVID-19. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] As of March 2023, more than 5.5 billion people had received one or more doses [ 130 ] (11.8 billion in total) in over 197 countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased existing inequalities in pre-tertiary education. Between March 2020 and February 2021, schools worldwide faced closures for an average of 95 days, severely disrupting traditional learning environments. [ 163 ]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, several school districts struggled to create virtual programming for their special needs students, who were often at an increased risk of learning loss. Even with proper resources, special needs students can often not receive the same level of education at home, due to a lack of career/technical education, physical ...