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Diabetes & COVID-19: Scientists explore potential connection

Nolan Balcitis, left, plays the board game Monopoly with his family at their home in Crown Point, Ind., on March 5, 2022. From left are Nolan, Bryan, Tabitha and Colin Balcitis. Nolan was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes six months after a mild case of COVID-19. Reports of rising diabetes cases during the pandemic have scientists exploring if there could be a link with the coronavirus. Emerging evidence shows the virus can attack insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, a process that might trigger diabetes in susceptible people. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford) Nolan Balcitis, 12, sits with his dog, Callie, in front of his family's home in Crown Point, Ind., on March 4, 2022. Nolan was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes six months after a mild case of COVID-19. Reports of rising diabetes cases during the pandemic have scientists exploring if there could be a link with the coronavirus. Emerging evidence shows the virus can attack insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, a process that might trigger diabetes in susceptible people. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)