Black, Hispanic people may be more likely to have undiagnosed, untreated long COVID--study

Black, Hispanic people may be more likely to have long COVID but not be diagnosed Also, the single available medical code for long COVID may not capture the wide variation in symptoms and severity. CIDRAP

Black and Hispanic COVID-19 survivors are more likely to have persistent symptoms and health problems than their White peers but are less likely to receive a diagnosis, and the single available medical code for long COVID may not capture the wide variation in symptoms and severity, suggest two new studies from the National Health Institute's (NIH's) Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative.

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"Identifying potential racial and ethnic disparities in long COVID is an important step toward making sure we have an equitable response to the long-term consequences of coronavirus infection," lead author Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP, said in a Cornell news release.