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Doctors don’t know why yet, but COVID infection kicks off an extreme inflammatory response in some children.
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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Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease, West Virginia University
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Professor of Pediatrics, Division Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, West Virginia University
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Honorary Research Fellow, General Paediatrics & Infectious Diseases Advanced Trainee Doctor, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
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Paediatric Registrar and PhD Student, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Virology and President of Research-Aid Networks, University of Kent
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Clinician and Scientist, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Pediatrics, West Virginia University
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Professor of Immunology, The University of Queensland
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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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Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol