HOUSTON -- A 6-year-old Houston boy and his mom are reflecting on his scary battle with a rare COVID-19 complication in children that left him hospitalized in the ICU for more than two weeks.

MIS-C stands for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children. It continues to be rare and is mostly seen in unvaccinated children now. (Science Photo Library/Getty Images) It’s one of the enduring ...

A number of pediatric hospitals across the country are warning about an increase in the number of cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, a rare condition in which different parts of ...

Scientists have discovered the trigger that makes inflammation spiral out of control for some children after a COVID-19 infection. It turns out, the immune system mistakes a protein made in most parts ...

The sometimes fatal condition, MIS-C, may be driven in part by a misdirected immune system, a new study finds. By Apoorva Mandavilli When exposed to a virus, the human body marshals the immune system ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Amid a decline in coronavirus hospitalizations in Los Angeles County, health officials are turning their attention to how COVID-19 is affecting children. As schools move closer ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A child treated at Children's Hospital Los Angeles died from the coronavirus-linked multisystem inflammatory syndrome, known as MIS-C, making it the first such death in L.A.

It’s one of the enduring mysteries of the pandemic: What caused some children to develop a severe inflammatory syndrome weeks after a Covid infection? The condition is called multi-system inflammatory ...

Some children who had COVID developed a severe inflammatory response that could put them in the ICU. Scientists have learned why it happens. It’s one of the enduring mysteries of the pandemic: What ...