| Scientists think COVID might trigger diabetes in children Quartz: Pamela Davis, the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Research Professor at the School of Medicine, discussed new research suggesting children might be at a higher risk for developing diabetes following exposure to COVID-19. “Type 1 diabetes is thought to be an autoimmune disease and prior infections could trigger it, so we were not necessarily shocked that it would be increased following COVID,” she said. “However, it was increased even above other respiratory infections—so clearly, COVID had had some kind of an association.” |
