long COVID

The White House also acknowledged that long COVID appears to be a disability, meaning that patients could be entitled to the protection of federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on health conditions.

Nearly two years after getting COVID-19, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he still has mild symptoms

It appears the coronavirus can leave patients at risk for heart problems for at least one year following infection, according to one of the largest analyses of post-Covid health effects to date.

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

A blood test may someday help determine a person’s risk for long Covid, new research suggests. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, found that people who go on to develop long Covid have lower levels of certain antibodies in their blood soon after they are infected with the coronavirus. If confirmed through larger studies, the findings could...

While emerging research suggests the new variant may be less likely to lead to severe disease, those who have long COVID say they desperately want to avoid reinfection.

Anthony Lavergne is one of the now tens of millions of Americans who have survived COVID-19. But he still suffers from “long COVID” – chronic symptoms that stop him, and many others, from returning to normal life. Patrick Healy reports for NBC4 on August 9, 2021.

President Joe Biden announced on Monday that serious long-term COVID-19 cases could qualify as a disability, making federal protections and resources available to those suffering from the disease.