Travis Fortnum on Twitter
WATCH: A New Brunswick writer describes her visit to a third-grade class as "heartbreaking", with many students exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms.
"There were kids that were lying on the floor... one kid threw up in class."
Omicron caused spike in breathing condition in babies and toddlers, study finds
“The omicron coronavirus variant caused a spike in cases of a potentially severe breathing condition in babies and toddlers, according to a hospital study recently published in the journal Pediatrics.”
Rise in acute hepatitis among kids with Covid in MP’s Sagar
A team of medical from Bundelkhand Medical College (BMC), Sagar, Madhya Pradesh examined 475 Covid-positive children and found about 8% of children with Covid Acquired Hepatitis (CAH).
Reuters on Twitter
Coronavirus may be linked to cases of severe hepatitis in children
Severe acute hepatitis in children: investigate SARS-CoV-2 superantigens
Severe acute hepatitis in children: investigate SARS-CoV-2 superantigens
Eric Topol on Twitter
Thread A solid hypothesis for the basis of the mysterious, severe acute hepatitis in children: superantigen formation from prior Covid viral reservoir in the GI tract with superimposed adenovirus infection https://thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(22)00166-2/fulltext @LancetGastroHep
Eight Maine schools closed as COVID cases surge
Maine CDC confirmed eight schools at 'outbreak' level last week, with more canceling in-person classes Tuesday."
Raina MacIntyre 😷💉💉💉💉 on Twitter
Thread Let's talk about the mystery epidemic of #hepatitis in children. It's most likely a complication of #COVID19 but may take a while to be adjudicated as such. The syndrome has been seen in children <17, mostly unvaccinated kids <5 years. A thread.
Farid Jalali, MD on Twitter
Conversation now with the mother of a child who got COVID a month ago, had to go to ER for fluids, and now slowly recovering with a huge setback yesterday:
“But he’s only 11. Why is this happening to him?”
Please keep your children safe.
Masks and vaccines are not lockdowns.
Case Report: Fatal Acute Liver Failure With Giant Cell Transformation in a Pediatric Patient Associated With MIS-C
Case Report: Fatal Acute Liver Failure With Giant Cell Transformation in a Pediatric Patient Associated With MIS-C
Binita Kane on Twitter
This translates as #SARSCoV2 COVID19 causing bone marrow failure in children who previously had normal immune systems. It’s rare, but the more we allow unmitigated spread amongst kids, with millions of infections/reinfections, we will see more of these horrific effects. #COVID19 https://t.co/f5CxG9Bw5c
Prof Jeremy Nicholson: the link between Long Covid and heart disease
one in 100 kids get MIS-C / PIMS after Covid infection???
"Harvard University on paediatric Covid-19 has found about 1 percent of children are developing a related disease called multiple inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)"
Farid Jalali, MD on Twitter
Thread A detailed 🧵 on the alarming rise in cases of acute liver failure in healthy children:
Media + scientific bodies have placed undue emphasis on Adenovirus infection as the leading culprit in such cases of liver failure.
Let us see if this claim holds water [short answer: No!]
2021
COVID-19 Associated Hepatitis in Children (CAH-C) during the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Central India: Is it a complication or transient phenomenon.
75% of US children have now had COVID, up from 44%, due to omicron
75% of US children have now had COVID, up from 44%, due to omicron A third of all US children were newly infected with COVID during omicron wave.
Chris Turnbull on Twitter
Thread 1/ Covid: Study from India shows 'sudden rise' in children with Hepatitis after 'mild' and asymptomatic infections as UKHSA claims that the sudden rise in Hep in kids in the UK is due to a common cold virus. Kids developed Hep after mild and asymptomatic infections.
UWindsor researchers discover children’s mental health worsens when COVID-19 cases surge
UWindsor researchers discover children’s mental health worsens when COVID-19 cases surge “Our findings suggest that measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, such as masks and vaccines, may be substantially beneficial to children’s mental health both now and in the future.”
1 death, 17 liver transplants in multi-country outbreak of hepatitis in children, WHO says | CNN
1 death, 17 liver transplants in multi-country outbreak of hepatitis in children, WHO says
Everything you need to know about the hepatitis outbreak among children
Everything You Need to Know About the Hepatitis Outbreak Among Children
Health Ministry reports 12 cases of mysterious liver disease in children
Health Ministry reports 12 cases of mysterious liver disease in children Hepatitis, or liver inflammation, has popped up in young patients in at least seven countries, but the usual viral culprits have not been present
McMaster Children's Hospital on Twitter
THREAD🧵: We're seeing a unique trend in the current wave of the pandemic: more children with COVID-19 and related symptoms. Some hospitals are reporting the highest number of COVID-related pediatric visits since the pandemic began. 1/8
BBC London on Twitter
Tillie caught Covid back in December 2020 and is now living with long Covid. She now wants to support other families in a similar situation. @tilliesjourney
Read more on long Covid...https://bbc.in/3tMuc5D
#covid #longcovid #longcovidkids
BA.2 more severe for children, Hong Kong study finds, though serious outcomes uncommon | CNN
"A new study on the severity of the BA.2 strain of the coronavirus in children in Hong Kong found that it was more serious for children compared with other variants or compared with parainfluenza or influenza." https://cnn.com/2022/03/24/health/ba-2-severity-children/index.html
Julie Kaplow, PhD, ABPP on Twitter
“I killed my mommy.” Said by a 9 yo girl during her 1st assessment. Mom died of COVID two wks after daughter tested (+). Intense guilt plus the invisibility of COVID deaths make children’s grief even more excruciating. This is an untold aspect of nearly 1 million pandemic deaths.
Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from unvaccinated asymptomatic and symptomatic household members with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection: an antibody-surveillance study
"Children were an important source of spread. The findings suggest that children are an important driver of the COVID-19 pandemic; this should inform public health policy."
Data was collected between September 2020 and March 2021
Chris Turnbull on Twitter
Thread 1/ Child Covid: big multi-hospital study shows nearly 1 in 100 kids admitted had a stroke, 1 in 90 has a heart attack and 1 in 12 has a seizure: disturbing neurological manifestations found in children—nearly 1 in 2 went to ICU—1 in 100 died & this is PRE-OMICRON.
Children play an important role in COVID transmission, according to new research
Children are playing a key role in COVID transmission, research shows
Diego Bassani, PhD on Twitter
“Over the past seven days, 16,296 schoolchildren across WA tested positive for COVID, including 8793 from private schools and 7503 at government schools. Another 1535 teachers caught the virus in the past week, with outbreaks detected in 918 schools — 660 public and 258 private.”
SHOCK primary kids’ COVID hospitalisations prompt jab blitz
“Children are making up a significant portion of hospitalisations. “Perth Children’s Hospital on a busy day are seeing 30 children a day with COVID.”
Gregory Travis. Make schools #DavosSafe on Twitter
All three sources of pediatric COVID death information agree on this:
The rate at which children die per day from COVID has tripled since the US moved away from hybrid/online schooling and towards mandatory in-person schooling
This hurt the less affluent and minorities the most