Infectious Diseases Patient Support
Pediatric COVID-19 Follow-up Clinic
Norton Children’s Infectious Diseases, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, offers a COVID-19 Follow-up Clinic for children and teens experiencing effects after a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease
Hand, foot and mouth disease symptoms include the small red sores that often appear in the mouth and rashes that appear on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet and that give […]
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants can lead to respiratory conditions later
There is increasing evidence that severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in young children can have long-term effects such as wheezing and asthma, according to Ronald L. Morton, M.D., pediatric pulmonologist with Norton Children’s Pulmonology, […]
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Summertime RSV outbreak may signal prolonged traditional RSV season
The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreak of 2021 brought unprecedented summertime levels of the infection to states like Kentucky, raising some concerns about the traditional cold-weather season for RSV. At Norton Children’s, health care providers […]
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Local cases of RSV, croup on the rise
While most virus news continues to be about the one that causes COVID-19, there are several other viruses affecting local children. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory […]
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Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, to participate in COVID-19 investigational vaccine clinical trial for children ages 6 months to 4 years
The Norton Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, will participate in a phase 2/3 clinical trial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 investigational vaccine for healthy children ages 6 months to 4 years. […]
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