385 - How COVID-19 Is Impacting Kids’ Vision
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English - October 18, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes - 17.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsNews Health & Fitness Medicine covid19 education globalhealth health medicine coronavirus covid novelcoronavirus publichealth science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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School closures and unprecedented screen time may be contributing to vision problems for kids. Pediatric ophthalmologist Dr. Megan Collins talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about a rise in near-sightedness in children, why vision problems are often missed without school screenings, potential health and learning effects, and how vision problems in kids can be addressed on the individual and national levels.