For kids with COVID-19, everyday life can be a struggle
Among the puzzling outcomes of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 6 million people worldwide since it first emerged in 2019, are the symptoms suffered by children.
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Among the puzzling outcomes of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 6 million people worldwide since it first emerged in 2019, are the symptoms suffered by children.
Generally, COVID doesn't impact kids as bad as adults but some experience 'long COVID' or get re-infected, while others have experienced other bizarre outcomes.
Generally, COVID doesn't impact kids as bad as adults but some experience 'long COVID' or get re-infected, while others have experienced other bizarre outcomes.
Generally, COVID doesn't impact kids as bad as adults but some experience 'long COVID' or get re-infected, while others have experienced other bizarre outcomes.
More than 12.7 million children in the U.S. alone have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began. That's according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Generally, the coronavirus doesn’t hit kids as severely as adults. But some have bizarre outcomes. Some youngsters suffer unexplained symptoms long after the virus is gone — what’s often called long COVID. Others get reinfected. Some seem to recover fine, only to be struck later by a mysterious condition that causes severe organ inflammation. Doctors at Children’s National in Washington, D.C., and multiple othe...