Infants, toddlers and preschoolers exhibit symptoms of long COVID, but the symptoms can be different and more difficult to ...

A study by Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) last year found that up to 5.8 million American children now have long COVID.

A recent study published in JAMA involving 5367 children and adolescents found that 20% of children aged 6-11 years and 14% of adolescents met the researchers’ criteria for long COVID.

In children under the age of two, researchers at Mass General Brigham found that long COVID symptoms often slip under the radar. Think poor appetite, trouble sleeping, a dry cough, a stuffy nose ...

N.B.1.8.1, dubbed “razor blade throat,” is the current dominant variant in the U.S. It's an offshoot of XVD.1.5.1, which is a descendant of the omicron variant.

Dry and wet cough, trouble sleeping and low energy during the day were the most prominent symptoms associated with long COVID in children aged 5 years or younger, according to findings published ...

Among children who had been previously infected, 40 of 278 infants/toddlers (14%) and 61 of 399 preschool-aged children (15%) were classified as likely having long COVID.

Notably, the study excluded children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), and thus the actual rates of children with COVID-19 related morbidity are higher.

Children with acute COVID-19 and MIS-C show significant disruptions in lipid metabolism, including patterns resembling adult severe COVID-19. These findings highlight potential long-term ...

As of 2023, more than 1 million U.S. children may have been affected by long COVID at some point, a CDC study published in February found.

These are self-reported positive COVID-19 cases in migrant children in care, Texas HHS also said. MORE: 1st news media allowed inside overcrowded migrant facility under Biden .