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Dr. Veena Jones | Time Magazine | What to Know About Kawasaki Disease, the Pediatric Inflammatory Condition Possibly Linked to COVID-19

A Sutter pediatric hospitalist spoke with Time about Kawasaki disease, a rare inflammatory condition in children possibly linked to COVID-19 infection.

by Sutter Health

Six weeks ago, in the relatively early days of the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak, Dr. Veena Goel Jones, a pediatric hospitalist with Palo Alto Medical Foundation in California, treated a six-month-old baby girl for what she calls “classic Kawasaki disease.” The infant had fever, rash and swelling characteristic of the pediatric inflammatory condition.

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