'MIS-C happens about four to six weeks after a primary COVID infection, and we know that the delta variant has really impacted kids.'
Dr. Richard Besser, a pediatrician and former acting director of the CDC, discusses news of Pfizer submitting emergency use authorization of its vaccine in children ages 5 to 11.A number of pediatric hospitals across the country are warning about an increase in the number of cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, a rare condition in which different parts of the body, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs, become inflamed.
"MIS-C happens about four to six weeks after a primary COVID infection, and we know that the delta variant has really impacted kids, more than previous waves have done, and so it's not really that big of a surprise a couple weeks after your first cases of COVID start rolling, and then you start seeing your MIS-C cases roll in," Dr.
"I saw three with MIS-C personally last week," said Dr. Angela Myers, the division director of infectious diseases at Children's Mercy."I think we've had more [children] continue to get admitted to the hospital since then. That's more than the zero we had multiple months before that."A healthcare worker responds to a page as a patient who tested positive for the coronavirus disease receives treatment at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St.
Utah native Sharella Ruffin's 6-year-old son, Zyaire, contracted the rare syndrome earlier this month.
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