Black, Asian and Hispanic children tested, treated for COVID-19 are faring significantly worse than other children in the pandemic, new study shows.

Black, Asian and Hispanic children tested and treated for COVID-19 are faring significantly worse than other children during the pandemic, according to a new and comprehensive analysis made by an organization representing seven of the nation’s largest pediatric medical centers.

Findings from the PEDSnet organization, which includes Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, were published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

Nathan Pajor, a pulmonary medicine specialist at Cincinnati Children’s and one of 18 co-authors of the study?

Other PEDSnet centers include Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Children’s Hospital of Colorado; Nemours Children’s Health System; Seattle Children’s Hospital; and, St.

The other co-author at Cincinnati Children's was Janet Zahner, the lead data warehouse analyst there.

It didn't include some children who were infected or potentially killed by COVID19 due to lack of testing availability.

It likely undercounts the actual numbers of asymptomatic infected children across the country and does not address what risk those children may have presented to adults in their lives.

Finally, the study also calls attention to the chaotic nature of the early days of the pandemic and how experts dealt with one of the most serious complications affecting children.

The PEDSnet data coordinating center is based in Philadelphia, but the concept behind PEDSnet, launched in 2014, was a national cooperative effort among its co-founders, says Dr.

“The goal of PEDSnet has been to work out ways for institutions to share data to answer questions we cannot address alone.”

Peter Margolis, who serves as the Cincinnati Children’s site principal investigator for PEDSnet, is co-director of the James M

Now, the data can be quickly refreshed to allow further, deeper analysis as the pandemic continues