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Here's How Many Hours Per Day A Child Spends Looking At Screens On Average, New Study Finds Here's How Many Hours Per Day A Child Spends Looking At Screens On Average, New Study Finds
Here's How Many Hours Per Day A Child Spends Looking At Screens On Average, New Study Finds Researchers have found that the average amount of time children spend looking at screens each day has doubled since before the COVID-19 pandemic. In May of 2020, children ages 12 and 13 spent an average of 7.7 hours per day looking at screens for reasons unrelated to school, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics by researchers from the University of California-San Francisco. The university shared the study's findings in an announcement on Monday, Nov. 1.  The figure is a significant increase from the 3.8 hours spent on screens each day prior to the pandemic. Researchers found that …

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by Nicole Valinote
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COVID-19: Pfizer Seeks FDA Approval To Give Vaccines To Kids In New Age Group COVID-19: Pfizer Seeks FDA Approval To Give Vaccines To Kids In New Age Group
Covid-19: Pfizer Seeks FDA Approval To Give Vaccines To Kids In New Age Group Pfizer is seeking federal approval to expand the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15. The company announced that it is asking the Food and Drug Administration to amend its emergency use authorization, which was granted for people ages 16 and up late last year. Now, Pfizer is looking to expand its usage to adolescents as they work to get students back to full in-person learning for the fall semester. Clinical trials of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine have shown that it has a 100 percent efficacy in adolescents and is well-tolerated in minors betw…

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by Zak Failla
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HPV: Not Just Your Daughter’s Vaccination, According To CareMount Medical Expert HPV: Not Just Your Daughter’s Vaccination, According To CareMount Medical Expert
HPV: Not Just Your Daughter’s Vaccination, According To CareMount Medical Expert As a teenager enters the exam room for their yearly checkup at their doctor’s office, chances are his or her physician will ask if they are familiar with the sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus, most commonly known as HPV. Over the years, there has been a rise in the discussion of HPV amongst families, adolescents and physicians. And why wouldn’t there be? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and nearly 80 million Americans, most in their late teens and early 20s, are infected with the virus.* HPV is …

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