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‘If Exercise Could Cure This, I Would Have Been Cured So Quickly’
[ad_1] In the weeks after she caught COVID, in May 2022, Lauren Shoemaker couldn’t wait to return to her usual routine of skiing, backpacking,…
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How Much Less to Worry About Long COVID Now
[ad_1] Compared with the worst days of the pandemic—when vaccines and antivirals were nonexistent or scarce, when more than 10,000 people around the world…
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Sick Season Will Be Worse From Now On
[ad_1] Last fall, when RSV and flu came roaring back from a prolonged and erratic hiatus, and COVID was still killing thousands of Americans…
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The Big COVID Question for Hospitals This Fall
[ad_1] Back in the spring, around the end of the COVID-19 public-health emergency, hospitals around the country underwent a change in dress code. The…
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Long-Haulers Are Trying to Define Themselves
[ad_1] Imagine you need to send a letter. The mailbox is only two blocks away, but the task feels insurmountable. Air hunger seizes you…
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Long COVID Is Being Erased—Again
[ad_1] Updated at 6:29 p.m. ET on April 21, 2023 Charlie McCone has been struggling with the symptoms of long COVID since he was…
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Long COVID Hitting Some States, Minorities, Women Harder
[ad_1] April 7, 2023 – More than 3 years into the COVID-19 pandemic, lasting symptoms are becoming quite common, with residents of…
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Doctor’s Checklist for Treating Long COVID Patients
[ad_1] April 4, 2023 – Lisa McCorkell had a mild bout of COVID-19 in March 2020. Young and healthy, she assumed that she would…
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Bias, Lack of Access Make Long COVID Worse for Patients of Color
[ad_1] March 28, 2023 – Over and over, Mesha Liely was told that it was all in her head. That she was just a woman…
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Who Is Most Likely to Get Long COVID? Patient Data May Tell
[ad_1] March 27, 2023 – Good news and bad news on the long COVID front: Certain groups of people – like women, smokers, and…
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‘We’re Struggling’: Long COVID Mystery Has Doctors in the Dark
[ad_1] March 23, 2023 — This month, I took care of a patient who recently contracted COVID-19 and was complaining of chest pain. After…
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WebMD Poll: Another Year of Tough COVID Questions
[ad_1] March 15, 2023 — Last year, on the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked our audience questions about their pandemic experiences.…
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3 Years On, Why Don’t We Know the Extent of Long COVID?
[ad_1] SOURCES: Amesh Adalja, MD, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. Manali Mukherjee, PhD, immunologist, assistant professor, Division of Respirology, Department…
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Future COVID Vaccines Must Be Better; Science Races to Respond
[ad_1] SOURCES David L. Hoey, president and CEO of Vaxxas, Cambridge, MA, and Brisbane, Australia. Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology,…
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COVID at 3 Years: Where Are We Headed?
[ad_1] March 15, 2023 – Three years after COVID-19 rocked the world, the pandemic has evolved into a steady state of commonplace infections, less…
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The COVID Question That Will Take Decades to Answer
[ad_1] To be a newborn in the year 2023—and, almost certainly, every year that follows—means emerging into a world where the coronavirus is ubiquitous.…
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Omicron Much Less Likely to Cause Long COVID, Study Finds
[ad_1] March 10, 2023 – Health care workers infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant were far less likely to experience significant long COVID symptoms…
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‘Breakthrough’ Study: Diabetes Drug Helps Prevent Long COVID
[ad_1] March 9, 2023 – Metformin appears to play a role in preventing long COVID when taken early during a COVID-19 infection, according to…
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Long COVID Takes Toll on Already Stretched Health Care Workforce
[ad_1] March 6, 2023 — The impact of long COVID – and its sometimes-disabling symptoms that can persist for more than a year — has…
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Even Mild COVID Might Change Your Brain
[ad_1] By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who are experiencing anxiety and depression months after a mild…