Covid-19: US studies show racial and ethnic disparities in long covid
Janice Hopkins Tanne
Abstract
Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than white Americans to have symptoms of long covid and some people who had covid early in the epidemic may have long covid but not be diagnosed as such because of coding changes, show studies funded by the National Institutes of Health. 1 -3 Long covid was defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in December 2022, and includes general symptoms as well as respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, digestive, and other symptoms. 44 CDC.Long covid or post-covid conditions.16 December 2022.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Ethnic groupPandemicBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsVirologyMedicineSociologyOutbreakAnthropologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineDiseaseLong-Term Effects of COVID-19COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 and Mental Health