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New Orleans Sees Alarming Spike In Children Hospitalized With COVID-19

Published August 2, 2021 at 12:06 PM CDT

Children’s Hospital New Orleans has been seeing a spike in children hospitalized with COVID-19.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Dr. Mark Kline of Children’s Hospital New Orleans about treating children and teens who are ill with the virus.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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