Long-illness patients benefitting from lessons learned after COVID
- An estimated 7% of Americans report lingering effects from long COVID five years after its emergence.
- Dr. William Lago noted that fatigue is the highest-ranking symptom among long COVID patients, but symptoms vary widely.
- Long COVID survivor Brian Jaffe has faced severe health issues post-COVID, including needing a pacemaker and stents after being intubated for 39 days.
- Doctors continue to research long COVID, focusing on understanding its causes and long-term effects, according to Dr. Evan Sorett.
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Five years ago, COVID gripped the world in fear. Now scientists, doctors warn Trump’s policies are weakening public health
CHICAGO — The patient wasn’t initially worried when she first caught COVID-19. Fully vaccinated and relatively healthy at the age of 41, Johanna Claudette of the Irving Park neighborhood thought the positive test in February 2022 wouldn’t be a big deal. But within days, her memory became spotty. Her heart raced and she became fatigued. Today, she said, she’s still grappling with blurry vision, chest pain and brain fog — all symptoms of the chron…
Can you recover from long Covid? Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains
It’s been more than five years since the World Health Organization declared Covid a global pandemic. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta answers your questions about how long Covid is still affecting people’s lives in 2025.
(S+) Brain Fog and Post Covid: What lightens the fog in the head?
Constantly unconcentrated, always exhausted: what many people sometimes have is everyday life for people with Post Covid. A psychologist explains what happens in the brain. And a sufferer tells what helped her.
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