The Reality of Long Covid

The increased size of, and lesser blood supply to, a key brain structure in patients with Long COVID tracks with known blood markers of Alzheimer’s disease and greater levels of dementia, a new study finds.

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COVID-19 may substantially increase the risk of developing autoimmune disease, a huge study of health records found.

September 20, 2022 — Children and adolescents who have either recovered from COVID-19 or have long COVID show persistent lung damage on MRI, according to a

Some 10 to 30% of Americans who’ve been infected with SARS-CoV-2 are still having debilitating symptoms months later, a trend that suggests that “long Covid” is our next public health disaster in t...

Age is a risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe disease. Here the authors perform DNA methylation analyses in whole blood from COVID-19 patients using established epigenetic clocks and telomere length estimators, and describing correlations between epigenetic aging and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe disease.

The flood of patients never materialized. Why?

Many people with long-term Covid symptoms say they've improved with acupuncture, meditation and ancient herbs.

For many, COVID cough persists after the other symptoms of acute COVID-19 illness resolve. Experts explain what you can do about it and when it becomes a sign of long COVID.

We don't have all the data yet–but dozens of studies around the world have shown a link between Long COVID and impotence.

Almost three years into the global pandemic, we may know more about Post-COVID-19 Neurological Syndrome (PCNS), but there’s a critical need for more global collaboration

How long do coronavirus symptoms last? Learn about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the brain, lungs, and nervous system, a condition referred to as "long COVID."

HONG KONG — A simple stool test can tell recovered Covid-19 patients their risks of suffering the effects of long Covid with 90 per cent accuracy, researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have found.

The new British research is the first to reveal striking differences in areas of the brain based on scans taken before and after a coronavirus infection.

A picture is emerging of the toll long Covid takes inside the body and why it can be so debilitating.

Nature - Like adults, children can experience long COVID, but few studies of the condition include young people. That has to change.

Even without a positive COVID test, lasting symptoms can persist for months. A new study challenges assumptions about recovery and urges broader support for COVID-like illnesses.

A new peer-reviewed study links cognitive impairments in long COVID patients with Alzheimer's-like dementia.

Long COVID sufferers from across Canada are left struggling for words, breath and answers after some specialized clinics have shut down.

Links between the complement and coagulation systems could lead to Long Covid therapies

An important new mechanistic study and a blitz of other reports that help our understanding

Scientists have announced a major discovery that has profound importance for our understanding of brain fog and cognitive decline seen in some patients with Long COVID. The findings showed that there was disruption to the integrity of the blood vessels in the brains of patients suffering from Long COVID and brain fog. This blood vessel 'leakiness' was able to objectively distinguish those patients with brain fog and cognitive decline compared to patients suffering from Long-COVID but not with brain fog.

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force. The intense scien...

New research has found inflammatory markers in the blood of long COVID patients which could explain why many experience ongoing cardiovascular issues.

Pediatric long COVID is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be reinfected with new variants

The CDC is beginning to look at death certificates that indicate more than 100 people who died had long Covid.

A study of tens of thousands of people in Scotland found that 1 in 20 people who had been sick with COVID-19 reported not recovering at all, and another...