Kids' Long COVID Risk Doubles After Second Infection, Researchers Say

Long COVID risk for children doubles after second coronavirus infection

Children who have been infected with COVID-19 twice are two times more likely to develop long COVID than those who have only been infected by the coronavirus once, a new University of Pennsylvania study shows.

Risk of long COVID doubles in kids after second infection

Children and teens have a doubled risk of ending up with long COVID after becoming infected with COVID-19 for a second time, researchers reported in a study.

Kids' Long COVID Risk Doubles After Second Infection

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Teens and children were less vulnerable to life-threatening COVID-19 infections during the global pandemic, from 2020 to 2023 — but they aren’t immune to the disease or to long COVID, illness after the initial infection that can last for weeks, months or longer. A new study of nearly 500,000 people younger than 21 found that those who contracted COVID a second time were twice as likely to develop long COVID as after a first infection.

Kids' Long COVID Risk Doubles After Second Infection, Researchers Say

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Long COVID Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long COVID after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found.