Teen stress
Eighth grader at Robinson Middle School, Jasic Helvey, 12, hears information about her COVID-19 vaccine Monday, May 17, 2021, at Topeka High School with by Shaunee Darrough, registered nurse with TrueCare Nursing, with her mom, Brandi Snyder, nearby. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
Students line up for vaccines amid push to relax masking

May. 18, 2021 12:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 file photo, a cigarette burns in an ashtray in Hayneville, Ala. Anti-smoking advocates are warning that the stress and disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed efforts to get more Americans to quit in 2020. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Did COVID-19 stress, uncertainty stall anti-smoking push?

By Matthew Perrone Mar. 28, 2021 07:16 AM EDT

Nine-year-old girl Pollina Dinner poses for a photo at the Arche, or Ark, an organization that supports children, youth and families, in the Hellersdorf neighbourhood, on the eastern outskirts of Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. After two months of lockdown, Pollina Dinner went back to school for the first time on Monday, Feb. 22. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Arche has had to reduce their real face-to-face assistance or traditional classroom schooling as an offer for children, mainly from underprivileged families, drastically. Some kids are still allowed to come over in person, but only once every two weeks. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Experts notice pandemic's mental health toll on German youth

By Kirsten Grieshaber Feb. 27, 2021 02:24 AM EST

Maryland bill would give students mental health days off

By Tom Hindle Of Capital News Service Jan. 29, 2021 06:14 PM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A bill in the Maryland state Legislature would grant school students excused absences for mental health reasons. ...

A new NORC poll finds that about two-thirds of Americans under 35 say they felt they were unable to control the important things in their life at least sometimes in the last month, compared to just half of adults 35 and older.
Poll: Pandemic takes toll on mental health of young adults

By Cheyanne Mumphrey And Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Sep. 11, 2020 08:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, June 8, 2020 file photo, Grade 7 pupils return to the Meldene Primary School in Johannesburg. The World Health Organization has on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 urged that African governments should accelerate the reopening of schools, saying that the continent's youths will suffer from prolonged closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, file)
WHO, UNICEF urge African countries to reopen schools safely

By Mogomotsi Magome Aug. 20, 2020 02:04 PM EDT