Children's Hospitals Grapple With Young Covid 'Long Haulers'
A slumber party to celebrate Delaney DePue’s 15th birthday last summer marked a new chapter — one defined by illness and uncertainty. The teen from Fort
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A slumber party to celebrate Delaney DePue’s 15th birthday last summer marked a new chapter — one defined by illness and uncertainty. The teen from Fort
Unanswered Questions More than 3 million children and young adults had tested positive for COVID in the United States as of Feb. 18, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association report. Most of these kids experience mild, if any, symptoms. Over the course of the pandemic, though, it has become apparent that some children develop serious and potentially long-term problems. The most well-known of these complications is called "multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children," or MIS-C. Symptoms — which include high fever, a skin rash and stomach pain — can app...