This is the story of 16-year-old Cara who stopped wearing a mask after being bullied at school, bringing COVID home to her immunocompromised mother, who tragically died as a result.
This is the story of 16-year-old Cara who stopped wearing a mask after being bullied at school, bringing COVID home to her immunocompromised mother, who tragically died as a result.
These stories must be told and we must learn from them.
Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2024 - Long Covid Families
Nearly 6M children in the U.S. are affected by #LongCovid, up to 1 in 5 kids experiencing symptoms.
Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2024 Spreading Awareness, Accelerating Research Join us in raising awareness and accelerating research to support children affected by Long Covid.
Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2024
Spreading Awareness, Accelerating Research
Join us in raising awareness and accelerating research to support children affected by Long Covid.
Effectiveness of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in children and adolescents aged 12–17 years following SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection: A target trial emulation
: Paxlovid on over 49k children with covid-19, non-hospitalized
Paxlovid treatment was associated with reduced 28 day all-cause hospitalization (absolute risk reduction = 0.23%, 95%CI = 0.19%–0.31%; relative risk = 0.66, 95%CI = 0.56–0.71).
No events of mortality, in-hospital disease progression, or adverse clinical outcomes were observed among paxlovid users.
Molecular mimicry in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
“Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a severe, post-infectious sequela of SARS-CoV-2 infection1,2, yet the pathophysiological mechanism connecting the infection to the broad inflammatory syndrome remains unknown. Here we leveraged a large set of samples from patients with MIS-C to identify a distinct set of host proteins targeted by patient autoantibodies including a particular autoreactive epitope within SNX8, a protein involved in regulating an antiviral pathway associated with MIS-C”
Some parents might miss signs their child has long COVID - WTOP News
“COVID isn’t behind us — not yet, at least. And there are millions of kids in the U.S. suffering the effects of what’s called long COVID, according to medical journal Pediatrics.”
COVID isn’t behind us — not yet, at least. And there are millions of kids in the U.S. suffering the effects of what’s called long COVID, according to medical journal Pediatrics.
School’s back and so is a COVID-19 surge: Protecting kids and precarious workers
“The levels are very high. They’re the highest we’ve ever seen during a summer wave.” It might be hard to think about, but we’re still in a pandemic and experts are warning against COVID-19 complacency in schools”
This attendance policy... so let me get this right... a school is going to send a human to enter every home where a child is ill with an infectious disease on the day when they're most likely to be infectious... and then they're going to go into another home, and another...
“This attendance policy... so let me get this right... a school is going to send a human to enter every home where a child is ill with an infectious disease on the day when they're most likely to be infectious... and then they're going to go into another home, and another...”
Two days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.🤬
“Two days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.”
Leave Those Kids Alone
“Instead of bullying a child strong enough to be the only person wearing a mask in school, those being cruel should show some humility and confront the possibility the child might be better informed about human health or have private reasons for continuing to be cautious. Public health bodies and public institutions should do more to protect personal choice and prevent bullying and stigmatization for masking.”
Health protection in children and young people settings, including education - version 1 - Health protection in children and young people settings, including education - Publications - Public Health Scotland
Scotland-wide guidelines for school children staying home with illnesses:
SARSCoV2 will continue to spread in schools with this advice. We will see more Long Covid kids and more teaching staff with Long Covid.
Children and adolescents experience unique long COVID symptoms
"Alarmingly, 33% and 27% of asymptomatic children and adolescents were observed to suffer from long COVID symptoms despite a lack of clinical COVID-19 history suggesting that the prevalence of long COVID in these populations may be significantly higher than previously assumed."
Long COVID is a "public health crisis for kids," experts say
Long COVID is a "public health crisis for kids," experts say New research sheds light on the growing burden of pediatric long COVID while it continues to be ignored
Long COVID is a "public health crisis for kids," experts say
New research sheds light on the growing burden of pediatric long COVID while it continues to be ignored
My 7 year old niece, who contracted Covid 4x during the last school year, no longer knows her cousin (my daughter) nor her Granddad.
“My 7 year old niece, who contracted Covid 4x during the last school year, no longer knows her cousin (my daughter) nor her Granddad.
A few days before her last infection she told my Mom how much she misses Granddad and how he would give her everything!
The week before her last infection she Facetime my daughter and I to recite her Bible verse for the week.
Then she got Covid, started losing things, has problems with word finding, and obvious memory loss.
This happened in May.
My SIL can’t get her in to see a Neurologist until November because all appointments are taken.
Is this the government AND the citizens of this country have decided is ok?”
I just heard from a friend whose 6-year old is 3 weeks out from a Covid infection and is having tachycardia and extreme fatigue and needed resources and support. I'm just so heartbroken about what our society is doing to kids.
“just heard from a friend whose 6-year old is 3 weeks out from a Covid infection and is having tachycardia and extreme fatigue and needed resources and support. I'm just so heartbroken about what our society is doing to kids.”
Characterizing Long COVID in Children and Adolescents
This study developed research indices for characterizing PASC in children and adolescents. Symptom patterns were similar but distinguishable between the 2 groups, highlighting the importance of characterizing PASC separately for these age ranges.
This study developed research indices for characterizing PASC in children and adolescents. Symptom patterns were similar but distinguishable between the 2 groups, highlighting the importance of characterizing PASC separately for these age ranges.
Researchers Aim to Pull Back the Curtain on Long COVID in Kids | Rutgers University
“In the most comprehensive national study since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of researchers that includes a Rutgers-organized consortium of pediatric sites has concluded that long COVID symptoms in children are tangible, pervasive, wide ranging and clinically distinct within specific age groups.”
