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Science
Matthew Rozsa

COVID-19 increases seizure risk in kids

Boy lying sick on the sofa at home while his mother takes care of him and helping him to measure his temperature with a digital thermometer. (Getty Images/miljko)

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is unusual, among other reason, for the oddly wide range of symptoms associated with being infected. Some patients lose their sense of smell, others experience heart failure or suffer from strokes — while others (perhaps unsurprisingly for a respiratory disease) with COVID-19 experience any one of a number of lung ailments. As doctors in hospitals and clinics throughout America grapple with the long-term ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical scientists are acquiring as much raw data as possible about the ever-growing spectrum of symptoms.

The latest COVID-19 discovery is a particularly troubling one given that it relates to children.

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