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SARS-Cov-2 vax may offer moderate protection against long Covid in kids

Dtnext | 16/01/2024 04:07 PM | Click to read full article

Vaccination also has a stronger effect on adolescents, who have a higher risk of developing long Covid than young children, said researchers in work led by investigators at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in Pennsylvania. While the overall severity of Covid has been lower in children than adults, the burden of long Covid has been difficult to accurately describe since the symptoms can vary widely and the exact ways the virus causes them are unknown.

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