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Adults Who Survived Childhood Cancer Are at Increased Risk of Severe COVID-19, Says New Study

Childhood cancer survivors are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, even decades after diagnosis. A recent study shows that childhood cancer survivors had a lower risk of contracting COVID-19, but were 58% more likely to develop severe disease if they were infected.