It was work he had mastered in class the day before, but now it looked utterly unfamiliar. “I’ve never seen this before,” he insisted, becoming so distressed that the teacher excused him to visit the school nurse. As young people across the United States prepare to return to school, many are struggling to recover from lingering post-Covid neurological, physical or psychiatric symptoms. Often called “long Covid,” the symptoms and their duration vary from patient to patient, as does the severity. Studies estimate long Covid may affect 10 percent to 30 percent of adults infected with the coronavirus.

Source: New York Times August 08, 2021 16:18 UTC