Why Omicron Is Putting More Kids in the Hospital
Scientific American - January 25, 2022
Betsy Herold, M.D., discusses the innate immune response, which her 2020 research showed was responsible for children's robust response to COVID-19, but she notes that mutations in new viral variants may have an impact on innate immunity. Dr. Herold is chief of infectious diseases and vice chair for research in the department of pediatrics at Einstein and the Children's Hospital at Montefiore and the Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Pediatrics at Einstein.