NIH funds study to evaluate long-term COVID in children
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APRIL 4, 2022
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding a nationwide study in the US to support research on long-COVID, chronic COVID, or as it’s scientifically known, post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) in children. An estimated 10% to 30% of adults who contract COVID-19 suffer from long COVID. Though speciality departments and independent institutions have opened to study chronic COVID in adults, little research has been done to evaluate the long-term effects of the virus on children.
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