NEW: Research probes why COVID-19 seems to spare young children

Lung disease experts at VUMC discovered that children have lower levels of an enzyme the COVID-19 virus needs to invade airway epithelial cells in the lung. View...

NEW: Pediatric traumas rose as children stayed home more

During the first few weeks of Tennessee's statewide Stay-At-Home order, physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital noticed an interesting pattern -- a higher volume of pediatric traumas, including ATV accidents, dirt bike accidents and pellet gunshot wounds. View...

NEW: Experts offer tips for managing and monitoring adolescent mental health

The mental health of children and adolescents appears to be suffering as weeks of safer-at-home orders and other social distancing protocols continue to be enforced. View...

NEW: Portraits of COVID nurses, by COVID nurses

When you hear calls to honor the front-line workers dealing with the pandemic -- here are the faces of some of the people they're talking about. View...