Why kids struggle with long COVID

Videos / Feb 14, 2024

Long Covid
COVID-19 & Children
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When children contract COVID-19, they aren’t as likely to get severely ill as adults. But long COVID can have a severe impact on kids, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics. Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of research and development at the V.A. St. Louis Health Care System, talks with The World’s Carolyn Beeler about how and why young immune systems struggle with the condition.

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