Monkeypox can spread before symptoms appear, British researchers said on Wednesday, providing the first evidence indicating the virus can be transmitted this way.
It s now rare that children are hospitalized with chickenpox, and deaths from the infection in people younger than 20 have largely been eliminated. The economic benefit is calculated at $23 billion.
A worst-case scenario would be a surge of one or more strains that evade our immune protections just as a predicted fall and winter surge hits the United States.
A pediatric cardiologist from UT Southwestern in Dallas, presenting at the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference, recommended improved diagnostics and treatment for myocarditis.