laurie allee on Twitter
"Children infected from diverse pediatric facilities can be a major source of widespread household transmission with the potential to facilitate community transmission in the era of omicron variant"
AHA News: Long COVID in Children Still Poses Plenty of Questions
"I would say on average, we're looking at somewhere between 4% to 25% of kids who have had a SARS-CoV-2 infection go on to have symptoms of long COVID,"
Doctors watching for more cases after mysterious cluster of brain infections strikes kids in southern Nevada | CNN
Disease detectives with the US CDC are investigating a cluster of rare and serious brain abscesses in kids in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, and doctors from other parts of the country say they may be seeing a rise in cases, too.”
Antonio Caramia on Twitter
Thread NO! infections in children DON'T train their immune system!
👉Early childhood lower respiratory tract infection and premature adult death from respiratory disease in Great Britain: a national birth cohort study.
Rajeev Jayadevan on Twitter
Thread Omicron is a stealth virus
Fascinating research from Germany reveals vital difference in antibody response to Omicron versus prior variants
Ongoing study of 1850 children since 2020
Very few developed antibody after Omicron infection (18%), versus 68% for prior variants
Opinion: Treating kids as invulnerable is treating them as disposable
“We are just hoping kids will be OK. I don’t see how they will be. The data suggest they won’t be. But barely anyone is facing this inconvenient truth.” #SARSCoV2 #BringBackMasks #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver
HeyHoLetsSew on Twitter
Thread “After adjusting for other factors like genetics, researchers found contracting COVID-19 nearly tripled children’s risk of mental health problems.” More than 1/3 of the affected children were diagnosed with ADHD; 2 in 5 had an anxiety disorder; 1 in 5 had a trauma disorder.
Masks come down, respiratory infections go up for young kids
"Masks come down, respiratory infections go up for young kids"
What does long COVID do to kids? What we've learned after a year of research.
What does long COVID do to kids? What we've learned after a year of research. “Many of these kids were completely healthy kids prior to the diagnosis and it can completely disrupt their life and their ability to participate in sports and school,” one researcher said.
Hospitalization of children testing positive for COVID-19 on the rise
Maldives seeing increase in pediatric Covid cases and hospitalizations April 2023
WebMD on Twitter
April 2023 A new COVID-19 variant that recently landed on the World Health Organization’s radar may cause previously unseen symptoms in children, according to a new report. https://wb.md/43xAtTO
Hospitals Intensify Efforts to Treat Long COVID in Kids and Teens
"'What's the most challenging...is just the sheer volume' of patients. In Ohio, between 30,000 and 70,000 children have long COVID. She sees kids whenever she can – even at night. But despite these efforts, 'I can't possibly see them all...'"
How long Covid left sports-loving girl, 10, 'unable to stand up' | ITV News
10-year-old Libby has spoken about the pain of being hardly unable to walk and the "constant headaches" she suffers after developing serious complications from Covid.
https://itv.com/news/wales/2023-04-14/how-long-covid-left-sports-loving-10-year-old-unable-to-stand
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #Wales @ITVWales
Hospitals Intensify Efforts to Treat Long COVID in Kids and Teens
Hospitals Intensify Efforts to Treat Long COVID in Kids and Teens
Delhi Covid News: Covid cases in delhi on rise among kids under 12 years | Delhi News - Times of India
April 2023 Covid cases on rise among kids under 12 years in Delhi
Children’s immune systems do not develop ‘adaptive’ memory to protect against second time SARS-CoV-2 infection
"Children’s immune systems do not develop ‘adaptive’ memory to protect against second time SARS-CoV-2 infection"
Japan: Over 10% Of Kids With COVID-related Brain Disease Died In Japan – Survey
"More than 10 percent of children in Japan who developed acute brain syndrome after infection with COVID-19 have died, results of a nationwide survey recently announced by a health ministry research team has shown."
ITV News Meridian on Twitter
Watch the first in a series of special reports by @staceypooleITV on the children living with Long Covid.
Placental Tissue Destruction and Insufficiency From COVID-19 Causes Stillbirth and Neonatal Death From Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury - PubMed
Placental Tissue Destruction & Insufficiency From COVID19 Causes Stillbirth, Neonatal Death From Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury: 3 findings constituting SARSCoV2 placentitis, all 68 placentas had⬆️fibrin deposition & villous trophoblast necrosis;
Anna Davidson | OzSAGE | #CovidisAirborne on Twitter
Babies. Risk. What are we doing to future generations? A thread and discussion
Prof. Dr. Sanjeev Bagai on Twitter
High levels of gliosis occur in the neonatal brain within a week after in utero infection, and macrosomia is seen in infected pups. COVID-19 infection in pregnant hACE2-KI mice replicates infection severity and effects seen in pregnant women.
Case Study Shows COVID-19 Can Be Transmitted from Mother to Baby...
Case Study Shows COVID-19 Can Be Transmitted from Mother to Baby through Placenta, Causing Brain Injury
How COVID-19 Can Attack the Inner Ear
Researchers noted that they observed SARS-Cov-2 infection of OPCs, a cell type present in the developing fetal inner ear."
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COVID caused brain damage in 2 infants infected during pregnancy -US study
“Researchers at the University of Miami reported on Thursday what they believe are the first two confirmed cases in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus crossed a mother's placenta & caused brain damage in the infants they were carrying.”
COVID in Pregnancy May Affect Boys' Neurodevelopment: Study
"Boys born to mothers infected with SARS‐CoV‐2 during pregnancy may be more likely to receive a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder by age 12 months, according to new research."
Covid Worsened a Health Crisis Among Pregnant Women
“Pregnant women with Covid face a sevenfold risk of dying compared with uninfected pregnant women…. The infection also makes it more likely that a woman will give birth prematurely and that the baby will require neonatal intensive care”
COVID-19 Infection May Induce Fetal Brain Hemorrhages, Scientists Warn
"COVID-19 Infection May Induce Fetal Brain Hemorrhages, Scientists Warn"
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 1 Year in Infants Following SARS-CoV-2 Exposure in Utero
"those born to the 222 mothers with a positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction test during pregnancy were more likely to receive a neurodevelopmental diagnosis in the first 12 months after delivery,"
Irene Tosetti, MD MBA MPH on Twitter
Is it true that healthy kids never end up in hospital due to covid-19?
False.
49% of children hospitalised for Covid-19 in the USA had no pre-existing conditions. They were previously fully healthy children . CDC data.
Balancing the medical and social needs of children during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Balancing the medical and social needs of children during the COVID‐19 pandemic