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Scientists race to uncover link between coronavirus and life-threatening inflammation syndrome as dozens more children in New York City are hospitalized with high fevers and mysteriously swollen necks and feet
US scientists are racing to understand a rare, life-threatening inflammatory syndrome in children linked to coronavirus exposure. Cases were first reported in Britain, Italy and Spain, but now the United States is seeing dozens of youngsters with the disorder, which can attack multiple organs, impair heart function and weaken arteries.
This emerging syndrome, which may occur days to weeks after COVID-19 illness, reflects the surprising ways this new virus infects and sickens people. On Wednesday, the New York Department of Health reported 64 cases of the new syndrome as of May 5, and is calling on hospitals to immediately report any cases to the department.
At least one child in Britain has died. No children are believed to have died so far in the US, 'but that could change,' said Dr Sean O'Leary, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Children's Hospital Colorado.
Efforts are underway to collect information on the disorder, dubbed 'Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Potentially Associated with COVID-19.' This includes hospitals and federal health agencies quickly assembling clinical trials and patient registries to track the syndrome.
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US scientists are racing to understand a rare, life-threatening inflammatory syndrome in children linked to coronavirus exposure. Cases were first reported in Britain, Italy and Spain, but now the United States is seeing dozens of youngsters with the disorder, which can attack multiple organs, impair heart function and weaken arteries.
This emerging syndrome, which may occur days to weeks after COVID-19 illness, reflects the surprising ways this new virus infects and sickens people. On Wednesday, the New York Department of Health reported 64 cases of the new syndrome as of May 5, and is calling on hospitals to immediately report any cases to the department.
At least one child in Britain has died. No children are believed to have died so far in the US, 'but that could change,' said Dr Sean O'Leary, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Children's Hospital Colorado.
Efforts are underway to collect information on the disorder, dubbed 'Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Potentially Associated with COVID-19.' This includes hospitals and federal health agencies quickly assembling clinical trials and patient registries to track the syndrome.
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