Millions of people have long COVID, including children and pregnant women, studies show

(CNN) – Millions of people deal with COVID-19 symptoms long after their initial infections. Two new studies – one looking at pregnant people and the other on children – give a better look at the burden from this health problem that doctors say often goes under the radar. The first study said that 1 in 10 people who had COVID when they were pregnant will develop long-term symptoms. The results were shared Monday at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. The researchers used data from the National Institutes of Health’s Recover Initiative, a project created to determine the long-term effects of COVID in adults and children. Of the 1,503 people who were pregnant in the dataset, 9.3% reported having symptoms six months or more after they were infected. The most common symptom was a feeling of being tired after light physical or mental activity. Some also reported dizziness. Related Stories The percentage of pregnant people with long COVID is on the low side compared with the proportion of the general U.S. population, some research said. Estimates of adults who develop long COVID range from 2.5% to 25%, although different studies have different definitions of how...