Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari1,2*†Jacob Raber3*†Karem H. Alzoubi1,2 Patients with Long COVID often experience persistent brain-related symptoms, including brain fog, mood changes, and dizziness (1–3), likely driven by neuroinflammation even after the […]
Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Physical, Cognitive, and Psychological Health
The following is a summary of “A biopsychosocial analysis of risk factors for persistent physical, cognitive, and psychological symptoms among previously hospitalized post-COVID-19 patients,” published in the April 2025 issue […]
New study links obesity to long COVID symptoms
Story by Science X staff Reported neurological and neuropsychiatric symptoms related to Post-COVID-19 condition (PCC). Credit: PLOS One (2025). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314892 New research by Edith Cowan University (ECU) Center of Precision […]
3 in 4 people with mild COVID develop insomnia, study reveals
John Anderer HANOI, Vietnam — Recovering from a bout of COVID-19 can be a different experience for every patient. Some people are able to bounce back relatively quickly, while others continue […]
Dismissed and Disbelieved, Some Long COVID Patients Are Pushed Into Psychiatric Wards
Story by Jamie Ducharme, MSN In late 2022, Erin, a 43-year-old from Pennsylvania, agreed to spend six weeks in a psychiatric ward, getting intensive treatment for an illness she knew she […]
5 years later, long Covid is still a medical mystery: What scientists have learned
By Katie Camero, NBC News Why do some people develop disabling chronic conditions after the initial viral infection? The struggles of living with long Covid five years after the start of […]
Long COVID Rehabilitation: What We Know Now
Key findings guide clinical recommendations regarding exercise, respiratory training, and cognitive therapy. Don L. Goldenberg, MD, Rheumatologist and Professor Emeritus Despite the marked decline in cases of COVID-19 during the […]
How COVID can disturb your sleep and dreams – and what could help
By the end of 2022, more than 650 million COVID infections had been reported to the World Health Organization. With the true number likely much higher, and the tally increasing by […]
Factors Influencing Depressive Symptoms in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Period
Hitomi Hirokawa-Ueda • Yuki Sawamura • Reiko Taketani , et. al., 2024DOI: 10.7759/cureus.72394 Abstract Background Mental health issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have been widely reported, with various influencing factors identified. However, factors affecting mental […]
Long Covid and Impaired Cognition — More Evidence and More Work to Do
Authors: Ziyad Al-Aly, M.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2600-0434, and Clifford J. Rosen, M.D., N Engl J Med 2024;390:858-860, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2400189, VOL. 390 NO. 9 During the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports emerged that persons who had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 were having […]