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Emerging Issues
from UAlbany School of Public Health 35th Anniversary Magazine: Defining Experiences in Public Health
by UAlbany
EMERGING ISSUES
While children were initially thought to be less susceptible for severe illness from COVID-19, in May 2020, concerns arose over the growing number of cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with coronavirus. The complication can be severe and dangerous, potentially leading to life threatening heart issues and problems with other organs. In June 2020, NYSDOH announced its study in the New England Journal of Medicine on MIS-C in collaboration with the School and CDC in a true model of state, federal and academic collaboration envisioned by Axelrod 35 years ago with the development of the School of Public Health.
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The study described 99 cases of MIS-C and concluded that the emergence of the condition in New York followed widespread COVID-19 transmission and often is associated with cardiac dysfunction. Students, faculty and staff from the School provided technical assistance to the investigation by developing the study data systems, helping to lead the data analysis and shaping the resultant manuscript.
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
In May 2020, the School and NYSDOH published the first comprehensive epidemiological report on the emergence of COVID-19 from a U.S. state in a peerreviewed publication (Clinical Infectious Diseases).
Pictured: The Corning Tower in Albany, where faculty, students and staff helped to assist the New York State Department of Health.
