Long COVID
From the Journals
Long COVID leads to greater health risks, research finds
“There was really nothing at all looking at what happens to people at 2 years after the infection. So we decided to take a look.”
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Children and long COVID: How many are affected?
A warning sign of long COVID in children is profound fatigue.
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Multiple trials of long COVID treatments advancing, more on the way
The new clinical trials are in phase 2 and will test safety and effectiveness.
Conference Coverage
Infection-related chronic illness: A new paradigm for research and treatment
Researchers are looking to build a common research agenda for infection-related chronic illnesses to “understand the epidemiology and pathogenesis...
Letters from Maine
A glimmer of an answer to long COVID
When we are trying to discover what is making our patients sick, we must adhere to our traditional practice of taking a good and thorough history...
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Researchers seek to understand post-COVID autoimmune disease risk
Three large studies link past SARS-CoV-2 infection to new-onset autoimmune disease, but it is not yet clear what drives this relationship.
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Long COVID mobile monitoring study hunts for answers
Researchers plan to use mobile monitoring devices in the federally-funded RECOVER Initiative to provide doctors and patients with a wealth of...
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Doctor’s checklist for treating long COVID patients
Emerging research has identified a checklist of sorts that doctors should consider when a patient seeks care for what appears to be long COVID.
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‘Breakthrough’ study: Diabetes drug helps prevent long COVID
Metformin led to a 42% drop in long COVID among people who had a mild to moderate COVID-19 infection.
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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...
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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.