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We told ourselves a story about children and COVID-19. It was a comforting story.

Like most comforting stories we tell ourselves during crises, this one was both partially true and dangerously incomplete.

A massive new study from the RECOVER Consortium has just shattered our comfortable narrative. The kind of study that's too big to dismiss, too methodical to wave away, too urgent to ignore.

Lu Li et al, Kidney Function Following COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents, JAMA Network Open (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.4129

Dazheng Zhang et al, Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tract Outcomes During the Postacute Phase of COVID-19, JAMA Network Open (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.58366

Bingyu Zhang et al, Cardiovascular post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents: cohort study using electronic health records, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56284-0

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