Category: MIS-C PIMS
England: 420,000 children a month treated for mental health problems
More than 400,000 children and young people a month are being treated for mental health problems – the highest number on record – prompting warnings of an unprecedented crisis in the wellbeing of under-18s.… ...More...
Preprint: Elevated liver enzymes and bilirubin following SARS-CoV-2 infection in children under 10
Those cases of mysterious hepatitis in kids are looking increasingly less mysterious by the day….… ...More...
ECDC & WHO: Joint statement on hepatitis in kids
The World Health Organisation have issued a joint statement with the ECDC on the recent cases of hepatitis in children. … ...More...
Pediatric acute liver failure associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection
“We describe the case of a 3-year-old previously healthy female who developed acute liver failure secondary to type 2 autoimmune hepatitis preceded by mild infection with SARS-CoV-2”
Although elevated liver enzymes are common in hospitalized children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, pediatric acute liver failure is an uncommon manifestation of COVID-19 disease.… ...More...
Vietnam: Severe liver and brain damage in child after Covid-19 infection
A 13-year-old boy just recovered from Covid-19 suddenly returned to fever, red skin, red eyes, the doctor diagnosed multi-system inflammatory syndrome, brain damage.… ...More...
2020 research: Hepatitis is common in children with Covid-19 MIS-C
“Hepatitis is common in children with MIS-C and is associated with a more severe presentation and persistent elevation of LFTs in many.”… ...More...
Denmark: 30% of non-hospitalized Covid cases still have at least one symptom after six months
Almost 30% of study participants still experienced at least one physical symptom 6-12 months after previous infection.… ...More...
Denmark: 46% of children aged 0-15yrs infected with Covid in two months
During the two months between December 15, 2021 and February 15, 2022, where the Omicron variant has been dominating, Denmark has experienced a surge of PCR confirmed cases.… ...More...
Canada: Infants more likely to be hospitalized from Omicron
Omicron cases in infants under one year of age are almost seven times more likely to lead to hospitalizations, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr.… ...More...
Omicron: Unexpected cases of children with convulsions
Convulsions may be a sign of the Omicron variant in children with COVID-19
Two boys aged 3 months and 21 months tested positive for the virus and a 14-year-old boy tested negative, but had a cold and family members who had tested positive.… ...More...
Israel: Increase in children suffering from neurological effects of COVID and PIMS
Symptoms include inflammation of brain and seizures. Research published in a leading pediatric neurology journal found 44% of children hospitalized with COVID had at least one neurological symptom as a result of illness.… ...More...
US: 44% of kids hospitalized with Covid developed neurological symptoms
44% of children hospitalized with Covid developed neurological symptoms, the most common being headache, acute encephalopathy and seizures.… ...More...
UK ONS: 1.3 million long COVID cases in Britain – 2% of the population
ONS: An estimated 1.3 million people living in private households in the UK were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 6 December 2021.… ...More...
UK: 600 babies born prematurely to mothers hospitalised by Covid
More than 600 babies have been born prematurely and needing critical care to mothers hospitalised by Covid-19 in the UK.… ...More...