Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. Newsletter The stories shaping California Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week. How long COVID upended the life of an L.A. teen. After contracting COVID-19, 13-year-old Ami Korn missed much of eighth grade, and he continues to endure long COVID — a phenomenon in which symptoms persist for weeks or months. Scientists are still working to understand why some patients suffer long COVID and to gauge how commonly it occurs.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 23, 2022 16:40 UTC