NEW YORK -- A five-fold increase in pediatric admissions in New York City this month. Close to double the numbers admitted in Washington, D.C. And nationwide, on average, pediatric hospitalizations ...

Public health experts and state officials are raising alarms about a surge in COVID hospitalizations among children -- now at their steepest and seeing the most significant increase since the onset of ...

While Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo is seeing an increase in pediatric Covid-19 admissions, the jump is nowhere close to the surge seen in New York City.

Pine Rest's new Grand Rapids facility gives kids a mental health alternative to the ER, including Michigan's first Pediatric Psychiatric Urgent Care Center.

Research into the trends of COVID-19 hospitalizations has revealed disproportionate levels of hospitalizations among Black and Hispanic populations (Pham et al., 2023). Recent studies have found ...

Children are twice as likely to develop long COVID after two COVID-19 infections, compared with children who’ve only had COVID-19 once, according to a new study co-authored by a doctor at Lurie ...

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