Should I Worry About the Mysterious Syndrome Showing Up in Kids?

What to know about Kawasaki disease

Alexandra Sifferlin
Medium Coronavirus Blog
2 min readMay 5, 2020

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There are reports in cities around the world that some children are showing up to hospitals with signs of Kawasaki disease, which is a rare inflammatory disorder. Some experts are wondering if it could be related to the novel coronavirus, though not all children with the symptoms have tested positive for Covid-19.

Health authorities in New York say that 15 children between the ages of two and 15 have recently been hospitalized with…

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Alexandra Sifferlin
Medium Coronavirus Blog

Health and science journalist. Former editor of Medium’s Covid-19 Blog and deputy editor at Elemental. TIME Magazine writer before that