September 20, 2021
Pediatric endocrinologists in Mississippi and across the nation are sounding the alarm that diabetes diagnoses in children are rising at staggeringly high rates during the pandemic. Dr. Jessica Lilley and Irena McClain fear that the virus behind COVID-19 is squarely to blame. Photo courtesy Children's Hospital of Mississippi/UMMC
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Pediatric Diabetes Surge in Mississippi: Doctors Concerned COVID-19 Is To Blame
With each passing month of the pandemic, Dr. Jessica Lilley has grown increasingly concerned that COVID-19 is linked to a massive increase in new diagnoses of pediatric diabetes throughout Mississippi.
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