CNN • 8th October 2020

How to support your teen's mental health through Covid-19

With so many struggling, it's a vital time to offer support to teenagers in your life. Here's how to start, how to teach resilience and warning signs that might signal your teen needs extra help.

CNN • 29th September 2020

Puberty in a pandemic? It's not all bad news

For many, the pandemic has scrambled any sense of passing time. Parents and pediatricians know better: Kids grow up no matter what happens in the outside world.

CNN • 17th September 2020

When does a good attitude become toxic positivity?

People around the world are struggling right now, which experts say is a natural, healthy response to these extraordinary times. And the last thing someone in crisis wants to hear is that it's all for the best.

9th September 2020

So your kid has a Covid-19 symptom. What do you do now?

The overlap between symptoms of Covid-19 and seemingly everything else is a massive headache (which is also a symptom of Covid-19).

CNN • 8th September 2020

This might be your most important flu shot ever

With the Covid-19 pandemic spreading rapidly around the globe, distributing the flu vaccine takes on new urgency, according to medical experts.

CNN • 3rd September 2020

Changing the clocks is a bad idea — and it should end, sleep experts say

Changing the clocks twice a year is intended to save energy, but there is a growing consensus that the change - which next occurs November 1 in the US - comes at the cost of human lives.

CNN • 20th August 2020

How to stop mouth breathing for better sleep

Breathing through your mouth at night puts you at higher risk for sleep disorders including snoring, sleep apnea and hypopnea, the partial blockage of air, scientists have found. Each of those, in turn, can lead to daytime fatigue.

CNN • 18th August 2020

Outdoor classes are safer. How can teachers make it happen?

Some educators are asking if bringing students outside is a feasible way to safely hold in-person classes, which the American Academy of Pediatrics said are important for students' academic progress, mental health, safety and psychosocial development.

CNN • 13th July 2020

Teaching your children resilience for hard times? These kids' books are all about it

But while this pandemic is unlike anything the world has faced in living memory, previous generations of children and youth have lived, grown and even thrived through great hardship. Their stories can be models of resilience, said children's book author and librarian Glenda Armand.

CNN • 9th July 2020

Anxiety makes us bad decision-makers. Here's how to do better

"When you have a lot of anxiety you actually have trouble making decisions. That's something I'm seeing in my clinic," she said. "Patients are having trouble figuring out: 'Is this a good decision or not?' And that's because their brain is not fully on to be able to make decisions."

Huffington Post • 8th July 2020

Yes, You Can Dine At Reopened Restaurants. But Is It Ethical?

Choosing between financial ruin and a risky work environment is no choice at all.

CNN • 8th July 2020

The upcoming school year has everyone worried. Here's what experts say

While some children have experienced severe side effects after becoming infected with the novel coronavirus, the American Academy of Pediatrics noted in a recent statement that children and adolescents do not seem to play a big role in driving Covid-19 outbreaks.

CNN • 1st July 2020

What is child care like in America right now?

As infection rates rise, some parents are realizing that adapting to the virus will mean staying nimble for many months to come.

CNN • 23rd June 2020

Public restrooms: What you need to know about using them safely amid the pandemic

While the World Health Organization has said the risk of contracting Covid-19 from fecal matter appears to be low, it noted studies that have suggested the Covid-19 virus can be excreted in feces.

CNN • 1st June 2020

Parents and child care providers are falling apart. It could get much worse

Without significant government support, the pandemic could wipe out nearly 50% of America's child care capacity.

CNN • 28th May 2020

Confused by the science behind Covid-19? You're not alone

Try out this riddle: If you could double over a piece of normal notebook paper 42 times, how thick would it be? The answer, though fanciful, illustrates just how hard it can be to understand exponential growth and doubling, two pieces of math that explain the spread of viruses like Covid-19.

CNN • 25th May 2020

Warmer weather means it's time to be tick aware

As warm weather sends people outdoors, some are encountering tenacious pests with no respect for social distance.

Fodors Travel Guide • 20th May 2020

The Best Elvis in Vegas Is Having the Worst Time Right Now

Not even Las Vegas, legendary for a carefree spirit that entices strangers into swapping germs in nightclubs and hotel rooms, can swing through a pandemic.

CNN • 18th May 2020

Worried about beef shortages and price spikes? Here's how to eat less meat

Coronavirus came for Americans' hamburgers in early May.

Washington Post • 16th May 2020

With the pandemic shutting borders, digital nomads find it harder to roam

For Ziegler and some other digital nomads, coronavirus is exposing the enviable lifestyle’s precariousness.