By Pam Belluck More than three-quarters of Americans diagnosed with long Covid were not sick enough to be hospitalized for their initial infection, a new analysis of tens of thousands of private insurance claims reported on Wednesday. The researchers...
Brain scans before and after infection showed more loss of gray matter and tissue damage, mostly in areas related to smell, in people who had Covid than in those who did not. By Pam Belluck Covid-19 may cause greater loss of gray matter and tissue damage in the brain...
A new, large study found that in the year after getting Covid, people were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with psychiatric disorders they hadn’t had than people who didn’t get infected. By Pam Belluck Social isolation, economic stress, loss of loved ones...
If further study confirms the findings, they could lead to ways to prevent and treat the complex condition. By Pam Belluck It is one of many mysteries about long Covid: Who is more prone to developing it? Are some people more likely than others to experience physical,...
Lingering physical, mental and neurological symptoms are affecting children as well as adults, including many who had mild reactions to the initial coronavirus infection. By Pam Belluck Will Grogan stared blankly at his ninth-grade biology classwork. It was material...