New research confirms that COVID can stay in the body long after infection. Photo by Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash This is a call to arms for my fellow Long Covid heroines! It’s time we stand ...

Multiple randomized clinical trials and electronic health record studies now show that metformin, a widely used and well-established medication, significantly reduces the risk of developing long COVID ...

About 5% of U.S. adults are estimated to be living with long COVID-19, and one of them is UC San Francisco epidemiologist and long COVID researcher Alison Cohen, PhD, MPH. Cohen, who was involved in ...

A detailed analysis of immune cells in Long COVID patients has revealed a previously unknown molecular signature linked to ...

Years after exposure to the COVID-19 virus, many still are experiencing long-term effects known as long COVID. Dr. Fidaa Shaib, pulmonologist and medical director of Baylor Medicine’s Post COVID Care ...

Long COVID isn't uncommon. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines long COVID as a chronic condition that occurs after an infection and lasts for at least three months. The Mayo ...

On January 18, 2024, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held hearings on “Addressing Long COVID in America,” featuring several passionate pleas from both patients and ...

Around 4% of those with long COVID are older than 65 years, the CDC estimates. But many experts believe this estimate vastly undercounts the number of seniors with long COVID because the symptoms may ...

As cases of long COVID — often defined as symptoms that weren’t present before persisting for 3 or more months after the infection — became more prevalent and alarming, researchers began to zero in on ...