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.
La renuencia de obtener una vacuna del COVID-19 puede obstaculizar su efectividad
Public concern about the new COVID-19 vaccines represents a challenge to a key strategy in fighting the pandemic A medida la vacuna en contra del COVID-19 se encuentra en el horizonte, los doctores y oficiales [...]
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Norton Children’s launches pediatric COVID-19 follow-up clinic
There’s a new option for kids with prolonged symptoms after COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Norton Children’s Infectious Diseases, affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, has opened a COVID-19 Follow-up […]
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Reluctance to get a COVID-19 vaccine could hamper its effectiveness
La renuencia de obtener una vacuna del COVID-19 puede obstaculizar su efectividad As vaccination against COVID-19 is on the horizon, physicians and public health officials are concerned that this potentially lifesaving measure will be viewed [...]
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Kids with MIS-C responding to treatments, but long-term outlook for coronavirus-related condition unclear
Kids with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) are recovering after treatments with anti-inflammatory drugs such as intravenous immunoglobulin and steroids, according to Brian J. Holland, M.D., chief of pediatric cardiology at Norton Children’s Heart […]
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A leading national voice in the fight against pediatric infections when Louisville needs it
When she graduated from college, Kristina A. Bryant, M.D., didn’t plan on becoming a doctor. She’d majored in French and political science. Her first job out of school was working as a medical writer for […]
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