Released: 12-Jan-2023 3:00 PM EST
Beaumont Health
When battling multiple infections, infants and toddlers at higher risk of severe outcomes, study suggests
Beaumont Health
Results of the 18-month study, published in Lancet Regional Health – Americas and led by Amit Bahl, M.D., M.P.H., emergency medicine with Corewell Health East, formerly Beaumont Health, showed that while omicron cases had the highest hospital admission rates among children ages 0 to 17, serious, even deadly, cases of illness were less likely during omicron than during the delta and alpha variants. In fact, the odds of severe disease were 65% lower during omicron compared to alpha.
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