The average age of children who get long COVID is about 13, but the study encompasses participants as young as 2 and as old as 20. Kids are less likely to experience lung problems from long COVID ...

While COVID in children has generally been milder than in adults, there are concerns long COVID may be a major consequence for children and young people arising from the pandemic.

Estimates vary on how often the symptoms known as long COVID-19 occur in kids. A recently published U.K. study found about 4% of young children and teens had symptoms more than a month after ...

In the study that linked COVID-19 to a greater risk of developing diabetes, records from 600,000 children ages 10 to 19 were used — half with a history of COVID infection in 2020, 2021 or 2022 ...

It is still unclear how many kids have long Covid and for how long, because there is not enough research on it in this age group, some experts say. A 2021 study suggested more than half of ...

In 2022, according to the agency, 1.3% of children and 6.9% of adults had ever had long Covid. However, only 0.5% of children and 3.4% of adults said they had long Covid at the time of the survey.

So far, there is no agreed-upon definition for long covid in children. One of the most heated arguments among doctors and scientists is over how significant a problem long covid in children really is.

Rebekah Hogan has three children at home in Albany, New York. All are being treated for long COVID after mild infections. Hogan’s oldest child, 15-year-old Caleigh, has pancreatic enzymes so ...

Experts are learning about long COVID, a mysterious syndrome that the CDC describes as “new, returning, or ongoing health problems” that occur 4 or more weeks after a person is initially ...

Long-term Covid-19 complications can be significant for children and adolescents – even for some who initially had mild or no symptoms, the American Academy of Pediatrics said.

In 2022, according to the agency, 1.3% of children and 6.9% of adults had ever had long Covid. However, only 0.5% of children and 3.4% of adults said they had long Covid at the time of the survey.

A parent carries his daughter, wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, to school in Beijing. Children can get “long COVID,” though the risk appears to be low.