Long COVID

Children and adolescents with documented postacute COVID-19 syndrome experienced increased risk for gastrointestinal symptoms and disorders, according to a study published in JAMA Open Network.

Children vaccinated against COVID-19 were more than 50% less likely to develop at least one long COVID symptom compared with unvaccinated children, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The vast majority of people in a study with long COVID had experienced multiple SARS-CoV-2 infections over the course of a 4-year period, researchers reported.

Women have a 31% or higher risk for symptoms of long COVID compared with men, according to a new cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Nearly one in 20 people who had a SARS-CoV-2 infection go on to experience myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, an NIH-funded study showed.

Although reports on COVID-19 cases and death have seemingly tapered off, COVID-19 and long COVID remained a heavy focus of research throughout this year.

WASHINGTON — Severe acute COVID-19 infection, as well as glucocorticoid and rituximab use, increase the risk for long COVID in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

An AI-based algorithm accurately diagnosed unidentified cases of long COVID using patient health records, according to study results published in Med.

WASHINGTON — The correlation between autoantibodies and new-onset autoimmune disease in individuals with long COVID symptoms remains “controversial,” according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2024.

WASHINGTON — Among patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, circulating interleukin-18 levels were lower in those with long COVID vs. those without, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.