Officials said on Wednesday that the number of children who have been hospitalized in New York City with symptoms consistent with a rare disease possibly linked to the coronavirus has nearly ...

Kawasaki disease is now considered the leading cause of acquired heart disease among children in developed countries such as the United States and Japan. In most cases, up to 80 percent, treatment ...

Hunter Rael, an 8-year-old boy from New Mexico, has received a new heart after experiencing Kawasaki disease, a rare illness ...

Yet another scary illness has emerged from the coronavirus pandemic, and it affects children: a condition that looks eerily similar to Kawasaki disease. As of Friday, 73 kids in New York state have ...

Scientists now have some clues to what's causing Kawasaki disease, a rare inflammatory disease that can affect very young children. Doctors say it's important to recognize the signs of this condition ...

Critically ill children have been ending up in intensive care units with shock-like symptoms in recent weeks, adding yet another mysterious layer to the coronavirus pandemic. New York health officials ...

Efforts to control spread of SARS-CoV-2 early on during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan were accompanied by a big drop in Kawasaki disease cases among young children, according to nationwide data. That ...

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Cases of this rare, potentially dangerous childhood illness are growing in the U.S. It is often mistaken for scarlet fever, tick-borne diseases or common viruses. Here’s what to look for. By Emily ...