Three years on, kids with long COVID struggle to get care

Hundreds of thousands of children and teens are living with long COVID, defined as lingering or new symptoms after a COVID-19 infection that can last for months or years. Their widely varied symptoms — from rashes and trouble remembering things to excruciating limb and stomach pain and weight loss — have resulted in some youth failing academically, dropping out and delaying college. Others have had to fight for accommodations, including the right to remote instruction and not having to take the stairs to class.