As health officials recommend wearing face masks in public, some parents may be asking if their child should wear a mask when they go outside. If you are not putting a mask on your child, experts say you should. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that children two years and older should wear "cloth face coverings" when they are "in the community setting" during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC released guidelines where it states that face coverings should be made from "simple cloth." When making masks, parents should be using "household items or made at home from common materials." Dr. Deborah Gilboa, a family physician, told Today that children should wear masks because they are more likely to spread the deadly virus. "We really want to slow and stop the spread of this, and we're seeing in data from other countries that kids are actively involved, entirely accidentally, in spreading this," Gilboa said. However, a pediatric hospitalist at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio is urging parents to not allow their babies and children under 2 to wear masks. Dr. Jamie Macklin emphasized that babies and toddlers have smaller airways. She said that when they try to breathe through a mask, it may be harder for them. Dr. Gilboa agreed that babies and toddlers should not wear masks and that it "could be a choking hazard." LISTEN NOW on the RADIO.COM AppFollow RADIO.COMFacebook | Twitter | Instagram

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to shut down businesses across the country, Jennifer Knox is doing whatever it takes to keep her staff's heads above water. April usually marks the beginning of the busy season at her Tybee Island, Georgia, restaurant, The Sand Bar. But due to COVID-19, there's not a customer in sight. The bar closed its doors March 23 to comply with statewide orders limiting restaurants to takeout and delivery only. "Awful timing for everybody, but we're all in this together," Knox said. As she began to close up shop, Knox realized there was some good she could do for her staff. Over the last 14 years, it became a tradition for customers to write special notes on dollar bills and staple them to the walls and ceilings of the bar. "I looked around and thought, 'We had to get this money in the hands of people who need it,'" Knox said. Posted by The Sand Bar on Friday, March 27, 2020 A team of five volunteers joined Knox and her mother and spent 3 1/2 painstaking days taking down the money that surrounded them -- careful to keep each weathered bill intact. Knox posted about the change in decorations on Facebook and a few costumers came by to exchange their message dollars with a fresh bill. Once cleaned and counted at the bank, the group had a haul totaling $3,714. Several people also donated to the cause, which allowed Knox to divide up a grand total of $4,104 to her six staff members, which came out to over $600 each. It's a payday that came as a godsend for many. "One of our musicians can pay his rent now because of the money and he was bawling," Knox said. But the generosity didn't end there. Bartender Katie Mothersbaugh decided to give her cut to a co-worker who needed it more, delivering the news over FaceTime as tears of gratitude flowed from both of them. "We were all crying because of how much it meant to her, it was amazing," Knox said. Restaurant employees are particularly vulnerable nationwide. The latest job claims report from the Department of Labor found 6.6 million Americans filed unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total number of unemployed claims to 16 million in just three weeks. Since government relief packages from these claims haven't materialized yet, employees like those at The Sand Bar are forced to rely on the goodwill of people in their community to help them get by. "Everyone on our island works in the service industry in one way or another so there is a lot of need right now," Knox said. "I'm glad we're able to help in our own small way." And in that spirit of helping, Knox explained she's continuing to take donations for service industry employees on Tybee Island, setting up a Venmo account that's already raised over $1,000. As for the bar, Knox revealed she had a cleaning team come in to freshen up the place after all the money was gone, including adding a fresh coat of paint. She's unsure if the bills will still have a place on the walls moving forward, but hopes to have a new way for customers to leave their mark. "I don't know if people will recognize the bar now," Knox laughed. "But we're trying to come up with neat ways to continue some kind of tradition here for customers." LISTEN NOW on the RADIO.COM AppFollow RADIO.COMFacebook | Twitter | Instagram

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – The Centers for Disease Control added six more possible coronavirus symptoms this weekend. The new symptoms are:• Chills• Repeated shaking with chills• Muscle pain• Headache• Sore throat• New loss of taste or smell Other symptoms include:• Fever• Cough• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing The CDC said people should get medical attention immediately if they develop any of these emergency warning signs:• Trouble breathing• Persistent pain or pressure in the chest• New confusion or inability to arouse• Bluish lips or face The CDC said the symptoms may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. LISTEN NOW on the RADIO.COM App Follow RADIO.COMFacebook | Twitter | Instagram

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to grant emergency use of the experimental drug remdesivir to treat patients infected with COVID-19. The news comes after the drug showed promising results in clinical trials, reported the New York Times. The clinical trial began in February and remdesivir was administered to 1,063 hospitalized adults with COVID-19. Early results showed that patients given the drug recovered 31% percent faster than those which were given a placebo. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who oversees the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, praised the results as “good news” “Although a 31 percent improvement doesn’t seem like a knockout 100 percent, it is a very important proof of concept because what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus,” Dr. Fauci said. “This is very optimistic.” The FDA is in talks with drug manufacturer Gilead to make remdesivir available to coronavirus patients “as quickly as possible, as appropriate,” “As part of the FDA’s commitment to expediting the development and availability of potential COVID-19 treatments, the agency has been engaged in sustained and ongoing discussions with Gilead Sciences regarding making remdesivir available to patients as quickly as possible, as appropriate,” a spokesperson for the FDA told CNBC. Remdesivir was initially developed to fight Ebola, but clinical trials in Africa proved disappointing and it was never approved for treatment. Now the drug is showing much better results with treating coronavirus. "We think it's really opening the door to the fact that we now have the capability of treating [COVID-19]," Fauci said. Trending Coronavirus Coverage From RADIO.COM—Why your second stimulus check could reach you much quicker—Social Security recipients will receive their checks this week—CDC adds 6 new possible coronavirus symptoms—When will stimulus checks be mailed?—Woman contracts COVID-19 despite not leaving house in 3 weeks—When all 50 states plan to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic—’Shark Tank’ investor Kevin O’Leary shares keys to small business survival LISTEN NOW on the RADIO.COM AppFollow RADIO.COMFacebook | Twitter | Instagram