OBJECTIVES. The risk of persistent multisystem dysfunction following multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a severe postviral complication of COVID-19, remains unknown.METHODS. We inv...

BackgroundFollowing the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, attention shifted towards patients who developed sequelae, persistent symptoms, or relapsing or remitti...

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Backgroun The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has substantially disrupted the lives of children and adolescents, raising concerns about increased psychiatric morbidity. This study examine...

Background Comprehensive data on the persistence of Post-COVID-19 Condition (PCC; also known as Long COVID) and its impact on children and young people (CYP), incorporating their own perspective, is c...

Making matters worse, this sign of cardiovascular damage is being seen in asymptomatic children as well as kids experiencing COVID symptoms.

OBJECTIVES. We aimed to characterize the frequency of major complications of acute COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and adolescents present at 6 months after initial ...

Evidence for the aerosol nature of COVID-19 transmission

Clean Air Allies 2025-2026 Youth IAQ Video Contest: It’s Time to Care about School Indoor Air #CareAboutSchoolAir Clean Air Allies is delighted to announce the winners of our 2025-2026 Youth IAQ Video...

In a groundbreaking longitudinal study published in Pediatric Research, researchers have unveiled some of the most comprehensive data to date on post-COVID-19 symptoms in pediatric populations. The

A new RECOVER study found that Long COVID significantly impacts the development of children with the disease. The study was published in Academic Pediatrics and included nearly 2,000 children.

Author and educator Sara Robitaille seeks to raise awareness and educate kids with her two new children's books, Long COVID Transformed My Mommy and Long COVID Transformed My Sister into a Turtle.

A large study recently connected “chronic absenteeism” to pediatric Long COVID, further disproving the “immunity debt” talking points from pundits earlier in the pandemic.

One NIH study will test low-dose naltrexone, while other upcoming trials will test larozitide and taurine.

BackgroundHouseholds represent a major setting for SARS-CoV-2 transmission due to prolonged close contact and shared living environments. Although household ...

Join us for an interview with Dr. Peter Rowe, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Children's Centre Chronic Fatigue Clinic at Johns Hopkins University as he gives us new hope for the treatment...

Pediatric Long COVID (LC) is an infection-associated chronic condition following SARS-CoV-2 infection. While research has begun to elucidate clinical phenotypes, functional impacts are not well descri...

MaryJo Nabuurs from the ReSisters is my guest as we discuss all the issues surrounding how to clean the air in schools and why this is essential to make school buildings a safe learning space for ever...

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Clinicians and people with Long COVID gathered in Santa Barbara, California, in late March for a forum on advancing clinical care in infection-associated chronic conditions.

Despite a high degree of worry about COVID and experience with severe, long-lasting symptoms, high-risk patients often do not know how to get tested or receive treatment.

Six years into COVID-19, the world has moved on while the virus continues to disable millions. An examination of the ongoing pandemic, long COVID, and our collective failure to prevent a mass disablin...

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

It’s up to those of us who experienced the pandemic in the real-world to make sure that what actually happened in 2020 isn’t deliberately erased by sheltered disinformation agents who experienced

@jeffgilchrist: *** Ontario COVID Hospitalization Rates by Age *** Data is now available for hospital admissions due to COVID by age group going back to Oct 2021. This provides interesting insights in...

A Compilation of Peer-Reviewed Medical Research

I am Invisible May 5, 2025 Canadian Teen Photo: RawPixel, CC I was in grade six when Covid entered my school and community. This was a scary time for me as an immune compromised kid. I already missed large amounts of school due to illness before the pandemic. There were no vaccines to protect us

In a case-control study, Husam Abdel-Qadir, Hardil Bhatt and colleagues investigate whether there is an association between COVID-19 vaccination and sudden death in apparently healthy younger individu...

Purpose The exact pathogenesis of Long COVID remains unclear. Microvascular and endothelial dysfunction, established contributors to SARS-CoV-2-related conditions, appear to play a role in pediatric L...

Viral infections, including COVID-19, are associated with an increased risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D), but potential underlying mechanisms remain unex…

SUMMARY This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental impacts—o...

It’s still important to warn people about the dangers of COVID and make schools and workplaces safe, Andrew Wilkin says.

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No More Stolen Childhoods December 6, 2023 Second in a series of two posts by an Alberta mom.Find the first post here: No One Is Listening To Me Image: The Rona Lisa by Rosie Pidgeon, a young Belfast...

A new study finds that long COVID can affect young children, with subtle symptoms like fatigue or crankiness potentially signalling serious, lasting health consequences., Health, Times Now

In a candid discussion with INET's Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and ...

First Do No Harm: What Every Educator Needs to Know about Children Experiencing Chronic and Post-Viral Illnesses

Following the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a significant percentage of people are now experiencing long-term symptoms, despite a continuing lack of concrete documentation of physiological and risk profiles th...

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Limitations among Children with Long COVID