Comparing life-threatening flu and COVID-19 illness in kids
Flu and COVID-19 symptoms can look similar in kids—both are known to cause fever, coughing and fatigue and prompt parents to keep children home from school.
Sep 13, 2022
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Disease or Syndrome: MIS-C multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
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Many more children have had COVID-19 than you might think
With so many people using at-home COVID-19 tests, if they're testing at all, experts acknowledged long ago that the true number of cases is higher than what is officially reported.
Aug 22, 2022
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Investigators describe mechanism that may cause post-COVID syndromes
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have proposed a theory for how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects the body. Their hypothesis, published in Frontiers in Immunology, could explain why some people still have symptoms ...
Aug 19, 2022
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Mayo Clinic minute: Back-to-school COVID-19 vaccinations for kids
Before kids head back to school this fall, make sure a COVID-19 vaccination is on their back-to-school list.
Aug 17, 2022
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More than 1 in 4 children hospitalized with COVID-19 or MIS-C have lingering complications more than two months later
In one of the largest follow-up studies to date, involving 25 pediatric hospitals, more than a quarter of children and adolescents hospitalized with coronavirus infection early in the pandemic still had health problems two ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Are persistent infections of novel coronavirus the cause of sequelae in infected hosts?
A research team, comprised of Associate Professor Tomonari Sumi of the Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science at Okayama University and Associate Professor Kouji Harada of the Center for IT-based Education (CITE) ...
Aug 3, 2022
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COVID vaccines for children under 5 are almost here. Here's what parents need to know
COVID vaccines for children as young as six months look set to be available in the coming months, now the Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved the Moderna vaccine for babies and young children.
Jul 19, 2022
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Ask the Pediatrician: What should parents know about COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5?
Q: I have heard that there's an approved COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5. What do I need to know about it?
Jul 11, 2022
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