Data on CDC and FDA Detailed by Researchers at University of New Hampshire (Long Covid Among Adults With Pre-existing Disabilities: Evidence From the 2022 National Health Interview Survey): CDC and FDA

2026 JUL 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at CDC & FDA Daily -- Research findings on CDC and FDA are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Durham, New Hampshire, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Long COVID is an emerging public health issue that may be disproportionately impacting adults who had disabilities before the COVID-19 pandemic. We use data from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey to conduct multivariate analyses to compare the odds of having Long COVID among four different disability subpopulations and their working-age reference groups: (1) working-age Medicare beneficiaries, (2) single working-age adults without children who were receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), (3) adults who had disabilities before the age of 22; and (4) adults with Veteran’s Administration disability ratings.”

Financial support for this research came from United States Department of Health & Human Services.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of New Hampshire, “We find that people with disabilities who started before the age of 22 had significantly higher odds of ever having Long COVID (odds ratio [OR]: 2.030, p = .007) compared to their reference group, holding all else constant. We did not find significant differences in the odds of ever having Long COVID for the other three subpopulations we identified.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “These findings point to the importance of ensuring that the systems that support the economic security, education, employment, and health care of people with disabilities with an onset before age 22 address this newly emerging concern.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Long Covid Among Adults With Pre-existing Disabilities: Evidence From the 2022 National Health Interview Survey. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2026. Journal of Disability Policy Studies can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Journal of Disability Policy Studies - dps.sagepub.com)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Debra L. Brucker, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/10442073261461135. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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