MIS-C

New York City issued an initial health alert early last week after identifying more than a dozen children in city hospitals with the rare illness; now up to 100 cases have been identified statewide. Five children have died

A new report on multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children ruled out one of three deaths previously associated with MIS-C in New York by health officials. The New England Journal of Medicine released its findings Monday on a study of 99 young patients reported to meet New York’s definition of MIS-C between a two month period ending May 10. Among those…

Sleepaway camps will not be allowed to operate in New York this summer, Commissioner of Health Dr. Howard Zucker said Friday, citing the risks of COVID-19 and the difficulty in enforcing social distancing and mask use. Parents and camp operators had been waiting for weeks on the decision, which follows an early June order allowing day camps to open later…

Orthodox Jewish children took to the streets of Brooklyn Friday to protest — but in this case, the cause of their ire is summer camp. Protest supporters say the kids want Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow sleepaway camps to reopen for the summer, even with the risks posed by COVID-19. Cuomo said June 2 that day camps could reopen June…

Another New York region has entered Phase II Tuesday, as the state slowly remains on track to reopening while continuing its fight against coronavirus.

Black and Hispanic children in New Jersey and New York appear to be the most impacted by a rare inflammatory disease linked to the coronavirus, according to health officials. New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said Monday during Gov. Phil Murphy’s daily coronavirus briefing, that the state has 31 reported cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) — 5 new cases...

News 4 Melissa Russo sits down with New York state health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, about MIS-C. Melissa Russo reports.

Doctors who treated some of the earliest cases of the COVID-related illness that has sickened more than 200 children in the tri-state have shared what they found and what they learned about the condition

Less than two weeks after the CDC confirmed a link between coronavirus and a new, potentially deadly syndrome in children, New York is investigating at least 179 cases of the illness as of Thursday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he fears that’s just the “tip of the iceberg.” The cases span a wide age demographic, affecting infants to young adults, though…

Melissa Russo reports on the latest efforts to fight a rare syndrome in children linked to COVID-19.

Western New York will join five other regions in the state to begin Phase I of the New York’s reopening process.

After two months, nonessential stores and construction can resume in New Jersey. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Days after the CDC confirmed a link between coronavirus and a new, potentially deadly syndrome in children, New York is investigating 161 cases of the illness, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. He thinks that’s just the “tip of the iceberg.” The cases span a wide age demographic, affecting infants to young adults, though most cases are in kids age 1…

With more restrictions easing each day, an energized tri-state area is beginning to get into the groove of its new normal. For the first time in months, people lined up to eat (al fresco) at their favorite restaurants in Connecticut, as New Jerseyans stood, socially distant, in line to buy their summer beach badges. In New York, religious groups of…

Team coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

UPDATE: New York Investigating 157 Cases of Potentially Deadly Syndrome Affecting Kids, 89 Confirmed in NYC; Half of U.S. States Report Cases Cases of a rare, potentially deadly syndrome in children have been identified in nearly half the nation’s states, just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the link between the coronavirus and the new illness….

Gov. Cuomo gives an update on Coronavirus in relation to children.

NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

And then there were three. Just New York City, Long Island and the Mid-Hudson regions remain shut down, more than two months after Gov. Andrew Cuomo initially issued his sweeping closure. New Jersey is inching along its reopening roadmap, relaxing more restrictions each day, while Connecticut took its first major statewide steps on Wednesday. Diners there were eager to enjoy…