Is it more infectious? Is it spreading in schools? This is what we know about the Delta variant and kids

By Margie Danchin, Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist, University of Sydney
Fiona Russell, Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist; vaccinologist, The University of Melbourne
Philip Britton, Senior lecturer, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney

The rise of the Delta variant does seem to be associated with more COVID transmission in schools than what we've seen previously. But kids are much less likely to become severely unwell.

Read complete article

~	What is pathological demand avoidance – and how is it different to ‘acting out’?

~	Most kids are only coached by men in junior sport – women need to be part of the picture, too

~	UAE: Unfair Trial of Rights Defenders

~	South Sudan: ‘Disappeared’ Critic Resurfaces

~	Imran Khan's conflict with the military establishment in Pakistan, and his political future

~	Underwater cultural heritage: why we’re studying ‘orphaned objects’ to work out which shipwrecks they came from

~	‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem

~	As a strong supporter of reparations, Barbados has had to reconsider purchasing land from a former slave-owning family

~	We spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary fossil to light

~	I had no photos of my mother’s pregnancy and migration, so I found a way for AI to help fill in the gaps