MIS-C

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $8.3 Million to Study Long-Term Effects of COVID in Children

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is one of the few hospitals in California with a program dedicated to long COVID recovery care in children and young adults.

Key Points: 
  • Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is one of the few hospitals in California with a program dedicated to long COVID recovery care in children and young adults.
  • The study also will focus on two other post-COVID/PASC conditions Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) and COVID vaccine-associated myocarditis .
  • Founded in 1901, Children's Hospital Los Angeles is the highest-ranked hospital in California and fifth in the nation on the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of Best Childrens Hospitals.
  • The hospital also operates the largest pediatric residency training program at a freestanding childrens hospital in the Western United States.