Rates of dog bites in children up during COVID-19 pandemic. – Brinkwire

Greater rates of Colorado’s children are going to the pediatric emergency department as a result of dog bites during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently published commentary article in the Journal of Pediatrics. The article’s authors, Cinnamon Dixon, DO, MPH/MSPH and Rakesh Mistry, MD/MS, who are attending physicians at Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) and University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty, share data revealing significant increases in dog bite rates …

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