ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has dramatically altered the health and well-being of children, particularly as they have been isolated indoors and in their homes as a result of social distancing measures. In this article, we describe several of the environmental threats that are affecting the health of children during the pandemic. These include increased exposure to household cleaning products, chemicals and lead in dust, indoor air pollutants, screen time, family stress, and firearms, as well as decreased availability of food, social supports, and routine childhood screenings. Importantly, many of these threats disproportionately affect children of racial or ethnic minorities or who have low socioeconomic status. Pediatric health care providers will need to screen and treat children and counsel their parents and/or other caregivers during well-child visits with an eye for these new or worsened environmental threats. [Pediatr Ann. 2020;49(12):e537-e542.].
Subject(s)
COVID-19/epidemiology , Environmental Exposure/adverse effects , Pandemics , Quarantine , Air Pollution, Indoor/adverse effects , Child , Child Health Services , Child Welfare , Computers , Disinfectants/adverse effects , Dust , Family Conflict , Firearms , Food Deserts , Health Status Disparities , Humans , Sedentary Behavior , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Translation is carefully regulated to control protein levels and allow quick responses to changes in the environment. Certain questions about translation in vivo have been unattainable until now. In this issue, Pichon et al. (2016. J. Cell Biol http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201605024) describe a new technique to allow real-time monitoring of translation on single mRNAs.
