Prognosis
CDC Casts Doubt on Covid Causing Kids’ Mysterious Liver Disease
- None of 9 affected children in Alabama had Covid, CDC says
- Experts think adenovirus is the most likely explanation
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U.S. health officials cast doubt on Covid-19 as a potential cause of severe hepatitis that’s been seen in dozens of previously healthy children around the world, while adding weight to the possibility it’s caused by a more common virus linked to stomach ailments.