Doctors don’t know why yet, but COVID infection kicks off an extreme inflammatory response in some children.
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Scientists are still working to understand this rare COVID syndrome in children.
Even kids who were asymptomatic when they had COVID-19 have developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a new review of hundreds of cases shows.
Research shows that children can become infected with the coronavirus and spread it to others. Though rare, some kids do become severely ill and a few have died from COVID-19.
Recent cases among school children has prompted some to wonder: should we close schools again? The short answer is: no.
A biomedical researcher and pediatrician who works with Kawasaki disease and COVID-19 explains the similarities and differences in the worrisome cases doctors are starting to see.
Case numbers are very low, but parents should be be alert for symptoms.
Children have largely escaped the serious health effects of coronavirus, but the UK is warning about serious illness in kids. Here’s what we know.
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Clinician and Scientist, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Virology and President of Research-Aid Networks, University of Kent
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Paediatric Registrar and PhD Student, University of Sydney
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Honorary Research Fellow, General Paediatrics & Infectious Diseases Advanced Trainee Doctor, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Clinical Associate Professor, Paediatric Rheumatology, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Pediatrics, Division Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease, West Virginia University
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Professor of Pediatrics, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Immunology, The University of Queensland
