Long-haul Covid-19 is hitting children but is being neglected
Since new variants of the virus have raced through younger populations, cases of long-haul Covid-19 among them have jumped
19 May 2021 - 16:28
One of the few statistical comforts of the otherwise nightmarish Covid-19 pandemic — that it largely spares young people — is fading: the long-haul symptoms that have stricken many US adults are now hitting those under 20.
A relatively small but increasing percentage of children are struggling for months with extreme fatigue, rapid heart rate, memory loss, depression and other symptoms. In one sign of their growing numbers, the UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland is opening a Long Haul Clinic just for young people, the first of its kind in the country...
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