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was 12.2 years and 73.5% were male. The participants were racially diverse—24.3% were Black, 31.9% were Hispanic, and 28.6% were white. The median length of time from their MIS-C diagnosis to their first vaccine dose was nine months.
"We are very reassured by the results and this safety data should be comforting to families and health care professionals when considering and recommending vaccination," said study co-leader Matthew D. Elias, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Audrey Dionne, M.D.
To date, more than 9,000 patients have been diagnosed with MIS-C in the United States, and 74 have died, according to. However, the disease appears to be on the decline, according to studies by others.
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