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Wayne State Researcher Developing AI Tool to Predict Severe COVID-19 Cases in Children A researcher at Detroit’s Wayne State University is developing artificial intelligence to aid in the early detection of severe SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in children. A Wayne State researcher is developing a device built on artificial intelligence that detects whether COVID-19 will become a more severe disease in child patients. // Image courtesy of Wayne State University A researcher at Det...

Nearly 3 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 in the U.S., and numbers across the country have risen sharply in recent weeks.

The past several months have been a confusing time, and we’re still learning new things about COVID-19, the virus behind the ongoing pandemic. There are some things scientists are starting to understand, including how this virus might affect kids and teens. Here are three things we know about kids and COVID-19. COVID-19 probably won’t make you very sick Scientists are finding that kids and young adults usually only have mild symptoms if they’re infected by COVID-19. Oftentimes, they don�...

MADISON, N.Y. -- The new year got off to a scary start for the Ford family, in Madison. They all recovered from COVID shortly after Thanksgiving. But about a month later, 4-year-old Kaison Ford started to complain about headaches and had a low-grade fever. His doctor suspected an early ear infection, and sent the Fords home with a nasal spray. But that night, Kaison spiked a fever of 102 degrees. A second trip to the doctor revealed a negative rapid test for strep throat. The doctor gave him an...

Salazar found out the National Institutes of Health has awarded money to his project to study a rare and severe after-effect of COVID-19 in kids called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome. “That inflammation then starts attacking the heart, blood vessels, brain, kidney, the lungs in a way that can be quite dramatic,” said Doctor Salazar. In the past four months about 80 kids at Connecticut Children’s were suspected of having the syndrome, which usually develops several weeks after being inf...

4:04 It all began with a Halloween gathering with her in-laws, who had contracted COVID-19 unknowingly. Soon, the whole family became ill. A month after they finished isolation and had recovered, Charlie developed a low fever and a rash in his diaper area. The family doctor prescribed an antibiotic, but Day worried when it took too long to get filled at the pharmacy. Her mother’s instinct kicked in. “That pretty much saved my kid’s life,” she says. “I was so worried about not getting ...

4:29 Click to listen to Kandace Days experience as her son battles MIS-C, a rare condition caused by COVID-19. “Your child yelling ‘mama, help me I want to go home,’” Day says. “Daddy didn’t know what to do. He was even terrified. It was one of the scariest moments of our lives.” It all began with a Halloween gathering with her in-laws, who had contracted COVID-19 unknowingly. Soon, the whole family became ill. A month after they finished isolation and had recovered, Charlie devel...