Most governments have enacted physical or social distancing measures to control COVID-
19 transmission. Yet little is known about the socio-economic trade-offs of these measures …

Background School closure created difficulties for parents, who were asked to care for their
children and help them with schooling, while working at home. We aimed to explore the …

Among tool kits to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, school closures are one of the most frequent non …

This review provides updates on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children in Japan
by summarizing published data. By the end of March 2022, Japan had experienced 6 waves …

This paper empirically examines how the opening of K–12 schools is associated with the
spread of COVID-19 using county-level panel data in the United States. As preliminary …

This paper studies the effect of the end of school summer breaks on SARS-CoV-2 cases in
Germany. The staggered timing of summer breaks across federal states allows us to …

Background This study focused on postpartum women, who are one of the most vulnerable
populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to reveal mental health consequences …

The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on dental caries is
unknown. We investigated the effect of the pandemic on child dental caries in Japan by …

Abstract Changes in people's behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic can be regarded as
the result of two types of effects: the “intervention effect”(changes resulting from government …

Importance Although a growing number of studies have reported negative associations of
the COVID-19 pandemic with academic performance among school-aged children, less is …