|Articles|May 21, 2020

Rho to Coordinate NIAID Sponsored Study to Determine Rate of COVID-19 Infection in U.S. Children

Rho has announced it is coordinating a new study, called Human Epidemiology and Response to SARS-CoV-2 (HEROS), to help determine the rate of the new coronavirus infection in children and their family members in the U.S. The study also aims to determine what percentage of children infected with SARS-CoV-2, develop symptoms of the disease, as well as whether rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection differ between children who have asthma or other allergic conditions and children who do not. HEROS is sponsored and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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