Utah doctors try to solve latest COVID mystery: Why are kids getting diabetes after the virus?

Two Utah families talk about what it’s been like to have their kids develop Type 1 diabetes after the coronavirus.

(Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital) Pictured is 2-year-old Addie and her parents, Andrew Waibel and Mallory Rogers. Addie got COVID-19 in August 2021 and then developed diabetes because of the virus.

Utah doctors try to solve latest COVID mystery: Why are kids getting diabetes after the virus?

Two Utah families talk about what it’s been like to have their kids develop Type 1 diabetes after the coronavirus.

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