by Erin Beck, Kids’ Health Correspondent As I interviewed child therapists about the effect of the pandemic on children in West Virginia, it struck me when several spoke of children experiencing feelings of instability and insecurity. That’s because I knew many West Virginia kids already lack the structure and consistency Read more…
by Erin Beck, Kids’ Health Correspondent West Virginia officials apparently really don’t want you to know how sick with COVID-19 kids are getting in West Virginia. In September, Think Kids WV Executive Director Kelli Caseman and I noticed the state wasn’t reporting child hospitalization numbers, only adult numbers. And since Read more…
by Erin Beck, Kids’ Health Correspondent At WVU Medicine, 49 babies, defined as under one year old, have been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a WVU spokeswoman. And 362 children have been hospitalized with the virus statewide, according to the CDC. I have been working to draw attention to the Read more…