Long COVID
Feature
Long COVID ‘brain fog’ confounds doctors, but new research offers hope
Brain fog is among the most common symptoms of long COVID, and also one of the most poorly understood.
Latest News
Agency issues advisory on mental health symptoms of long COVID
This advisory helps to raise awareness, especially among primary care practitioners and clinicians who are often the ones treating patients with...
From the Journals
Patients with post-COVID cognitive symptoms may have gliosis
“This is an important initial step to better understand the neuropsychiatric consequences of COVID even in only a mild and moderate viral illness...
From the Journals
Anxiety, your brain, and long COVID: What the research says
Anxiety, depression, and COVID-19 can be a bad combination for your brain and your long-term health.
Conference Coverage
Explanation proposed for long-COVID symptoms in the CNS
In the case of persistent neurologic symptoms after COVID, antibodies produced for previously encountered coronaviruses rather than for SARS-CoV2...
News
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...
Feature
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.
Feature
COVID isolated people. Long COVID makes it worse
People who had COVID-19 and recovered are often skeptical that the condition is real.
Latest News
Is it long COVID, or dementia, or both?
Older patients who have had COVID-19 have a higher risk of getting dementia or, if they already have mental confusion, the illness may worsen...
News
Major life stressors ‘strongly predictive’ of long COVID symptoms
Therapies that lessen the trauma of the most stress-inducing life events need to be a central part of treatment for long COVID, with more research...
News
‘A huge deal’: Millions have long COVID, and more are expected
More than a quarter say their condition is severe enough to significantly limit their day-to-day activities.