COVID-19 is surging across all age groups, but data shows kids still fare better than adults. The most recent wave of the virus is driven in large part by the omicron variant, which research suggests causes less severe disease but is more transmissible. Even with the new variant, kids are still far less likely than adults to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19. Still, there are more kids being admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 than ever before. “Although omicron has been found to cause milder disease, it's still infecting so many people, including children, that those kids with chronic or comorbid conditions are bound to get infected,” said Jennifer Bacani McKenney, a family physician and the Wilson County health officer in Fredonia, Kansas. “Then they are the ones who end up in the hospitals because of COVID or because COVID triggered them to have an exacerbation of their chronic condition.” Read the full story at the link in bio.