Healthy Living: Kids’ Protein Provide Answers to COVID-19

According to the CDC, the rate of hospitalization for kids diagnosed with COVID-19 was eight per 100,000, while for adults it was 20 times that at 164 per 100,000 people.

While kids can and do get COVID-19, a team of researchers is looking into why COVID-19 spares many kids to find a treatment for the disease.

Courtney Doyle has the details in Healthy Living.

TMPRSS2 has been studied in other diseases as well, specifically prostate cancer.

There are already approved drugs that target the protein, so a potential therapy to target COVID-19 can get a faster approval.