(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) University of Utah Hospital on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. A recent increase in hospitalizations of babies is “statistically significant,” said Dr. Andrew Pavia, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at the hospital. But the total number of hospitalizations of infants hasn’t risen noticeably in his practice the way they have for kids ages 1 to 5, he said.
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