Long COVID
Conference Coverage
Explanation proposed for long-COVID symptoms in the CNS
In the case of persistent neurologic symptoms after COVID, antibodies produced for previously encountered coronaviruses rather than for SARS-CoV2...
News
Even mild COVID is hard on the brain
New study results suggest a severe pattern of changes in how the brain communicates as well as its structure in people with anxiety and depression...
Feature
Inflammation and immunity troubles top long-COVID suspect list
“I think that it’s a much more complex picture than just inflammation, or just autoimmunity, or just immune dysregulation,” says expert.
Feature
COVID isolated people. Long COVID makes it worse
People who had COVID-19 and recovered are often skeptical that the condition is real.
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Is it long COVID, or dementia, or both?
Older patients who have had COVID-19 have a higher risk of getting dementia or, if they already have mental confusion, the illness may worsen...
News
Major life stressors ‘strongly predictive’ of long COVID symptoms
Therapies that lessen the trauma of the most stress-inducing life events need to be a central part of treatment for long COVID, with more research...
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‘A huge deal’: Millions have long COVID, and more are expected
More than a quarter say their condition is severe enough to significantly limit their day-to-day activities.
Commentary
I’m a physician battling long COVID. I can assure you it’s real
“I’ve also seen, firsthand, the frustration of navigating diagnosis and treatment. It’s given me a taste of what millions of other patients are...
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First they get long COVID, then they lose their health care
“Millions of people are now impacted by long COVID, and oftentimes along with that comes the inability to work.”
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For many, long COVID’s impacts go on and on, major study says
“This infection has become so common in a community because it’s so mild and spreading so rapidly that we’re seeing more long COVID symptoms than...
From the Journals
63% of long COVID patients are women, study says
The global study also found that about 6% of people with symptomatic infections had long COVID in 2020 and 2021.