New Studies Add to Evidence that Children May Transmit the Coronavirus

Among the most important unanswered questions about COVID-19 is this: What role do children play in keeping the pandemic going?Fewer children seem to get infected by the coronavirus than adults, and most of those who do have mild symptoms, if any. But do they pass the virus on to adults and continue the chain of transmission?The answer is key to deciding whether and when to reopen schools, a step that President Donald Trump urged states to consider before the summer.Two new studies offer compell