Category: Pediatric Health

Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests

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By: Mary Kekatos and Dr. Christopher Wachuku, ABC News For these people, surviving the coronavirus was the just beginning of fighting long-term symptoms and the road to recovery. More than 1 million…[...]

“No Consistent Patterns”: Scientists Find No Evidence That Closing Schools Materially Reduced Transmission

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Authored by Jonathan Turley, For years, scientists and commentators who questioned COVID policies were censored, blacklisted, and canceled across the country. Many of these dissenting views have since been vindicated from…[...]

Pediatric Respiratory Infections ‎After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single-Center Experience

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Walaa A. Shahin • Khaled Alamri • Eshraq Omar • et. al. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.65779  Abstract Background Pediatric respiratory infections, mainly bronchiolitis, are a substantial clinical burden. The most common etiology is respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Other viruses…[...]

Persistent intracranial hyper-inflammation in ruptured cerebral aneurysm after COVID-19: case report and review of the literature

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Pin Fee Chong, , Kanako Higashi, Wakato Matsuoka, et. al.BMC Neurology volume 24, Article number: 17 (2024)  Abstract Background The systemic manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) include hyperinflammatory reactions in various organs. Recent studies showed evidence for…[...]

Impact of Elevated Screen Time on School-Age Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analytical Study

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Roshni Manuja • Tanuja P. Pattankar • Mallikarjun C. Yadavannavar • Rekha S. Udgiri, Published: 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64689  Abstract Introduction: The rise in digital technology use, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, has heightened concerns about extended "screen time"…[...]

New Report Reviews Evidence on Long COVID Diagnosis, Risk, Symptoms, and Functional Impact for Patients

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June 5, 2024 WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents conclusions about Long COVID diagnosis, symptoms, and impact on daily function — including that…[...]

Study of 1.7 Million Kids and Teens Who Got Pfizer COVID Vaccine Found Myopericarditis Only in Vaxed Groups

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by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine provided children and teens in England with only about 14 to 15 weeks of protection against testing positive for the virus, according to…[...]

Covid surge forces schools to close and bring back pandemic-era measures- and more are at risk as millions head back to class next week

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By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Schools in two states experiencing a rise in Covid cases announced they were closing facilities and switching to remote learning.  Alabama and Tennessee announced the closure…[...]