Houston’s major pediatric hospitals are experiencing a significant increase in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children — or MIS-C — a relatively new condition that triggers ...

HOUSTON — Southeast Houston resident Juliet Thornton got COVID-19 in December and thought she would be able to isolate herself in order to keep her family safe. She has four sons and thought it worked ...

To his mother, 9-year-old Jacen Thornton looked like “a little marshmallow” in his bed at Texas Children’s Hospital. He was a bloated version of Juliet Thornton’s healthy, active boy. His stomach and ...