<![CDATA[Checkup Newsroom]]> https://www.checkupnewsroom.com/ en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:22:50 +0200 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:29:32 +0200 <![CDATA[Checkup Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1065.png https://www.checkupnewsroom.com/ 144 WFAA: Infectious disease specialist breaks down symptoms of measles https://www.checkupnewsroom.com/wfaa-infectious-disease-specialist-breaks-down-symptoms-of-measles/ https://www.checkupnewsroom.com/wfaa-infectious-disease-specialist-breaks-down-symptoms-of-measles/694750

Suzanne Whitworth, M.D., division chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Cook Children’s, joined WFAA's Midday newscast to talk about the recent measles exposure in Collin County. She discussed what parents should know, how to prevent it, and more.

Watch the live interview here

An extended version of the interview can also be seen on WFAA+. 

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:29:32 -0500 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1065/ef751a56-e765-4806-b76e-fcbbba1e8ea9/500_wfaainfectiousdiseasespecialistbreaksdownsymptomsofmeasles.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1065/ef751a56-e765-4806-b76e-fcbbba1e8ea9/wfaainfectiousdiseasespecialistbreaksdownsymptomsofmeasles.jpg?10000 Good Morning America Shares Story of Cook Children’s Patient; Mother Offers Words of Caution as New School Year Begins https://www.checkupnewsroom.com/good-morning-america-shares-story-of-cook-childrens-patient-mother-offers-words-of-caution-as-new-school-year-begins/ https://www.checkupnewsroom.com/good-morning-america-shares-story-of-cook-childrens-patient-mother-offers-words-of-caution-as-new-school-year-begins/470745An 11-year-old Abilene boy had been sleepy and lethargic since being diagnosed with COVID-19. Within a month, he was being treated in Cook Children’s intensive care unit for low blood pressure, facial swelling, rash and other symptoms. Doctors diagnosed Cason Abbott with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), a rare but serious condition linked to COVID-19. He’s home now, but still deals with fatigue and inflammation.

Angie, Cason's mom, told Good Morning America that she worries her son might get reinfected with the novel coronavirus at school. She’s urging students to wear masks for the sake of her immunocompromised son, and all kids under age 12 who can’t yet get vaccinated for COVID-19.

Read the full GMA story here.

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