Health Advisory Related to Children and COVID-19

The CDC recently released a Health Advisory about the syndrome associated with COVID-19 in some children. They have labeled it as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).

Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing 1) background information on several cases of a recently reported multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); and 2) a case definition for this syndrome. CDC recommends healthcare providers report any patient who meets the case definition to local, state, and territorial health departments to enhance knowledge of risk factors, pathogenesis, clinical course, and treatment of this syndrome.

Read more about it here: https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2020/han00432.asp

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