LONG COVID

Society has been underestimating the long-term consequences of viruses, bacterial infections, and parasites for ages.

We still don’t know exactly what causes or how to treat the most notorious long-COVID symptoms.

A study found that long COVID was more common among women, Hispanics, and Michigan residents with lower incomes.

Long COVID continues to offer more questions than answers 27 months into the coronavirus pandemic, though researchers are slowly gaining a better understanding. Below are some common questions and answers related to long COVID. While the sample size was limited -- 138 individuals with COVID, of which 48 reported long COVID -- it matched or followed trends found in other studies. “That being said, there’s a lot of people who’ve had mild COVID cases who have had issues with long COVID as well. A majority of respondents said they needed to take medical leave due to long COVID symptoms.

Dire effects on individuals are well documented. But a tidal wave of severe chronic illness hasn’t shown up in the data—yet.

Why the latest data on long COVID has experts worried

Will the danger mount each time, or will it fade away?

An estimated 23 million Americans are suffering from symptoms of “long COVID.” It’s being called the pandemic after the pandemic.

Research in U.S. veterans provides fresh evidence that long COVID-19 can happen even after breakthrough infections following vaccination.

Kidney failure. Blood clots. Neurologic conditions. These are just a few of the commonly found health conditions developing in adults that previous had a confirmed COVID-19 infection.

Early anecdotes about Paxlovid’s effects on long COVID are intriguing, but no one’s testing them in clinical trials yet.

An estimated 23 million Americans are suffering from symptoms of “long COVID.” It’s being called the pandemic after the pandemic.

Researchers from the University of Michigan found that "long COVID" symptoms occur in nearly half the people who contracted the virus.

How living in ‘survival mode’ is not a sustainable lifestyle and how experts say many of us have become accustomed to living in a heightened state of stress and anxiety.

The White House also acknowledged that long COVID appears to be a disability, meaning that patients could be entitled to federal legal protections.

President Joe Biden is ordering a new national research push on long COVID, while also directing federal agencies to support patients dealing with the mysterious and debilitating condition.

President Biden has ordered a national research plan to look into long COVID.

Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House Tuesday for the first time in five years to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his signature health care law and reunite with his friend and former partner, Joe Biden. (April 5)

The Black Coalition Against COVID released a report two years into the pandemic as hospitalization rates for Black people with COVID-19 in the U.S. were the highest they've ever been.

A fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will likely only be necessary for elderly and immunocompromised people but not for the general public, Moderna president Stephen Hoge told Business Insider on Monday.Why it matters: His words are in contrast to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla's comments on Sunday, who said that fourth doses will be necessary in order to maintain manageable levels of hospitalizations and mild infections.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets

How do we grapple with a danger that feels incalculable and unavoidable at once?

Writer Meghan O'Rourke says long COVID and other chronic illnesses put a heavy burden on patients, who have to "testify to the reality of their own illness." Her new book is The Invisible Kingdom.

Experts say it's too early to know whether people infected with the omicron variant will develop long COVID.

Doctors at Henry Ford say now is not the time to let up on COVID precautions.

Omicron's race across the globe has amped up concerns about long COVID, which some estimates suggest affects a third of COVID-19 survivors.

As COVID cases continue to climb, doctors are also seeing more patients struggling with a wide range of symptoms several months after contracting the virus.

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Despite their medical qualifications, health professionals with long COVID have been dismissed in the same way as other patients.

Ian Varys has been fighting debilitating long-haul COVID effects for more than a year, and his family doesn't know how to help.

As the Delta variant causes more vaccinated people to get "breakthrough infections," concerns are rising that even the vaccinated could develop long COVID symptoms in rare cases.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says President Joe Biden is overreaching with his new requirement for employees of large businesses to be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19.

Long COVID remains one of the biggest unanswered questions of this pandemic.

Many long-haulers feel that science is failing them. Neglecting them could make the pandemic even worse.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired Sunday, June 20, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

If even a tiny fraction of them develop long COVID, they will probably present a massive challenge to healthcare systems. Long COVID sufferers “have stepped forward ahead of the scientists,” said Dr. Harlan Krumholz, director of Yale’s Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation. Iwasaki is a revered figure among long COVID patients. Akiko Iwasaki, an immunobiologist at Yale, is revered by Long COVID patients because she takes their condition seriously. AdvertisementThis could explain why roughly a third of long COVID patients improved after getting a dose or two of COVID-19 vaccines.

"We don't necessarily have a definition yet of long COVID," he said, "... a lot more theories than clear science." Fauci touted a $1.15 billion appropriation given to the National Institutes of Health specifically to study long COVID on Wednesday. The study — which has yet to be peer reviewed — concluded that "individuals with prolonged COVID-19 symptoms should receive vaccinations as suggested by national guidance." "(We) focus on what their specific symptoms are and how their life is affected by those symptoms," Maley said. The gamut of symptoms mean that long COVID patients end up seeing a variety of doctors.