Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Study Ties COVID-19-Related Syndrome in Kids to Altered Immune System

Blog

Based on the NIH health information topics you requested to receive information about, we thought you'd be interested in this story from the NIH Director's Blog.

Child in hospital

Study Ties COVID-19-Related Syndrome in Kids to Altered Immune System

Posted on  by Dr. Francis Collins

Most children infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, develop only a mild illness. But, days or weeks later, a small percentage of kids go on to develop a puzzling syndrome known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). This severe inflammation of organs and tissues can affect the...

Read More ...


This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institutes of Health (NIH) · 9000 Rockville Pike · Bethesda MD 20892 · 301-496-4000 / TTY 301-402-9612 GovDelivery logo

No comments:

Post a Comment