COVID-19: We’re in it for the Long Haul

By: Melissa LynchCOVID doesn’t affect kids, right? That’s what we thought at the beginning of this pandemic.We had just moved, and local schools were in virtual and hybrid learning mode. We needed the internet line run to our house still, so we went to a...

Long-Haul COVID-19 in Children and Teens

By: Peter Rowe, MD, FAAP Most kids and teens who test positive for COVID-19 have mild, or even no, symptoms. But it has become clear that some are experiencing symptoms more than a month after they’ve been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...

Omicron XE variant: 5 things to know

The World Health Organization is monitoring a new omicron variant — dubbed XE — that’s a hybrid of BA.1, the original omicron strain, and BA.2, a highly transmissible subvariant.Five things to know: The strain was identified Jan. 19 in the U.K. As of March 25,...

Experts classify COVID-19 Omicron subvariant BA.2

The World Health Organization designated COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, named Omicron, a “variant of concern” on Nov. 26, 2021, and the first confirmed case in the U.S. was on Dec. 1, 2021; since then, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has...
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