Evidence Mounts That About 7% of US Adults Have Had Long COVID

Zhengyi Fang; Rebecca Ahrnsbrak; Andy Rekito

doi:10.1001/jama.2024.11370

Evidence Mounts That About 7% of US Adults Have Had Long COVID

JAMA. 2024 Jul 2;332(1):5-6. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.11370.

Authors

Zhengyi Fang¹, Rebecca Ahrnsbrak², Andy Rekito³

Affiliations

¹ Survey Statistician, Office of the Director, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
² Survey Statistician, Division of Survey Operations, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
³ Manager and Senior Medical Illustrator, Editorial Graphics, JAMA and JAMA Network.

PMID: 38848092
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.11370

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Plain language summary

This Medical News article discusses new US household survey data that found differences in long COVID rates based on preexisting chronic conditions and other factors.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Asian
Black or African American
COVID-19 / epidemiology
Female
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome*
SARS-CoV-2
United States / epidemiology
White
Young Adult