NIH funds eight studies to advance rapid diagnosis of COVID-19-related inflammatory syndrome in children

(LabPulse) The National Institutes of Health on Monday said it has awarded eight research grants to refine new technologies for early diagnosis of severe illnesses resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. The new awards follow grants issued in 2020 to foster methods for diagnosing children at high risk for multisystem inflammatory syndrome MIS-C) — a rare, severe, and sometimes fatal after-effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection or exposure in children.