COVID is more dangerous than flu for kids, study finds

COVID is more dangerous than flu for kids, study finds: COVID-19 poses far more danger to kids than seasonal flu, a new study confirms. "We found the impact to pediatric hospitalization among the two viruses are not equivalent and, in fact, children admitted with COVID-19 or MIS-C experienced longer stays and required more invasive treatments like mechanical ventilation than children admitted with the flu," said principal investigator Dr. Steven Shein. He is chief of pediatric critical care medicine at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland.

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