AHA News: Doctor Who Discovered Kawasaki Disease Dead at 95
THURSDAY, June 11, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- In the early 1960s, pediatrician Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki saw more and more children suffering from persistent fevers, bumpy rashes and more unsightly, uncomfortable symptoms. So he began... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Kawasaki-like syndrome linked to COVID-19 in children is a new condition
(Imperial College London) A study on children suffering from severe inflammatory symptoms shows the condition is new and distinct from Kawasaki disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 8, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
The Hunt to Understand COVID-19 ’s Connection to Kawasaki Disease
Dr. Jane C. Burns has studied Kawasaki disease for four decades. It took only four months for COVID-19 to turn her life’s work upside down.
Unusual numbers of children and teenagers living in COVID-19 hotspots like Lombardy, Italy and New York City have developed an inflammatory condition (officially called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or MIS-C) that looks a lot like Kawasaki disease. In many cases, the children have also tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, suggesting the syndrome followed a viral infection.
In New York State, 170 inflammatory-disease cases and three related deaths are under in...
Source: TIME: Health - May 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Kawasaki disease now affecting ADULTS as well as children, health experts say
KAWASAKI DISEASE has caused mass panic among parents as young children were being infected by the condition which is caused by the novel coronavirus. Latest reports from America announce the condition is now not only affecting young children but adults being too. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kawasaki disease: Horrifying way heart is targeted by coronavirus-related illness revealed
KAWASAKI DISEASE is affecting swathes of children - and the rare inflammatory condition which appears to be linked to coronavirus is causing serious heart complications that will potentially last for their rest of their lives. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antibodies May Tame Inflammatory Condition in Kids
The inflammatory condition mimics some of the symptoms seen in toxic shock syndrome and a serious heart condition called Kawasaki disease. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coronavirus symptoms: What is Kawasaki disease and how is it related to COVID-19?
CORONAVIRUS is thought to be behind a rather large spike in a variety of Kawasaki Disease in children. What exactly is the disease and how is it possibly related to COVID-19? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kawasaki disease warning - parent explains three signs of coronavirus-linked infection
CORONAVIRUS has killed more than 34,000 people in the UK, but doctors are now warning of a related infection in children which is similar to Kawasaki disease. A parent has explained on ITV's Good Morning Britain why the symptoms of PMIS are difficult to spot, after his step-daughter, Scarlett, was admitted to hospital. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kawasaki rash: Is a rash a symptom of Kawasaki disease?
KAWASAKI DISEASE is a condition that mainly affects children under the age of 5 - but recently has been linked to coronavirus. Is a rash a symptom of Kawasaki disease? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brazil loses second health minister – as it happened
Russia records highest daily fatalities; German football gets back under way; French child dies of Kawasaki disease. Follow the latest updatesUS House narrowly approves $3 trillion Covid-19 response billTrump unveils ‘warp-speed’ effort to create vaccine by year’s endBrazil loses second health minister in less than a monthAustralia coronavirus updates – liveCoronavirus latest: at a glance1.38amBSTThis live blog is now closed –the new one is here where you can join Rebecca Ratcliffe for continuing coverage.Related:Coronavirus live news: Barack Obama attacks Trump virus response1.19amBSTTens of thousands of impover...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 17, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Rebecca Ratcliffe (now) Jedidajah Otte, Nick Ames and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science World news Australia news UK news US news Americas Asia Pacific Africa Middle East and North Africa Russia China Microbiology Medical research Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: Italy announces staggered end of lockdown
Russia records highest daily fatalities; German football gets back under way; French child dies of Kawasaki disease. Follow the latest updatesUS House narrowly approves $3 trillion Covid-19 response billTrump unveils ‘warp-speed’ effort to create vaccine by year’s endBrazil loses second health minister in less than a monthAustralia coronavirus updates – liveCoronavirus latest: at a glance11.44pmBSTThe British government is to invest 93 million pound ($112 million) to bring forward the opening of a new vaccine-manufacturing centre ready to begin production if a coronavirus vaccine is found.The Department for Busines...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 16, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Jedidajah Otte (now), Nick Ames and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science World news Australia news UK news US news Americas Asia Pacific Africa Middle East and North Africa Russia China Microbiology Medical research Source Type: news
French boy dies of coronavirus-linked Kawasaki disease
Nine-year-old from Marseille had been ‘in contact with’ virus before dying in hospitalCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA nine-year-old boy from Marseille is reported to have died of Kawasaki disease, the mysterious inflammatory syndrome linked to coronavirus.The boy is believed to be the first victim of the disease in France and only the second in Europe after a teenager died of the syndrome in London last week.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 16, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Kim Willsher in Paris Tags: Coronavirus outbreak France Children Europe Infectious diseases Medical research Science Microbiology World news Source Type: news
Trending Clinical Topic: Kawasaki Disease and COVID-19
News that COVID-19 may be associated with an inflammatory syndrome in children resulted in this week's top trending clinical topic. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coronavirus: Five-month-old baby with COVID-19 develops symptoms of Kawasaki disease
CORONAVIRUS is now linked to an inflammatory syndrome, post infection. And a severely ill baby, still in hospital care, tested positive for COVID-19. Here, her mum, Hannah, explains what happened. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Adolescents with COVID-19
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/15/2020.
This three-page document describes reports from Europe and North America about clusters of children and adolescents requiring admission to intensive care units with a multisystem inflammatory condition with some features similar to those of Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome, and which may be related to COVID-19. It provides a preliminary case definition and case report form for multisystem inflammatory disorder in children and adolescents.
(PDF) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
