Shelby Lin Erdman and Katia Hetter, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:33:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Shelby Lin Erdman and Katia Hetter, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 People with Down syndrome have 10 times the risk of death from Covid-19 as those without, study finds https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2020/10/24/people-with-down-syndrome-have-10-times-the-risk-of-death-from-covid-19-as-those-without-study-finds/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 07:35:32 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= (CNN) — People with Down syndrome have 10 times the risk of dying from Covid-19 compared to those without the disability, a team of researchers reported Thursday. They also found a fourfold increased risk of coronavirus-related hospitalizations for those with Down syndrome, “a group that is not currently strategically protected,” according to the report in the

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