long COVID

The White House also acknowledged that long COVID appears to be a disability, meaning that patients could be entitled to the protection of federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on health conditions.

Nearly two years after getting COVID-19, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he still has mild symptoms

It appears the coronavirus can leave patients at risk for heart problems for at least one year following infection, according to one of the largest analyses of post-Covid health effects to date.

Experts say it’s too early to know whether people infected with the omicron variant will develop long COVID

A blood test may someday help determine a person’s risk for long Covid, new research suggests. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, found that people who go on to develop long Covid have lower levels of certain antibodies in their blood soon after they are infected with the coronavirus. If confirmed through larger studies, the findings could...

While emerging research suggests the new variant may be less likely to lead to severe disease, those who have long COVID say they desperately want to avoid reinfection.

Imagine taking a bite of your favorite candy only to taste garbage. The rich, bold flavor of coffee is replaced with cigarette smoke. One woman from the D.C. area says that’s what she is experiencing months after having COVID-19. Parosmia is the term for this bizarre symptom of long haul COVID. It’s a condition in which your sense of...

Months after getting COVID-19, a Virginia woman says candy tastes like garbage and coffee like cigarettes.

Some children and teens who get the coronavirus suffer from symptoms months later. News4’s Doreen Gentzler explains how Children’s National Hospital in D.C. is trying to help children with long COVID.

Some children are suffering from lingering physical, mental and neurological symptoms months after getting COVID-19. Now, Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., is studying the phenomenon and trying to help young people get some relief. “I’m a pretty healthy kid, right. I’m 17 years old, but when I had COVID, at the height, I was 16,” Messiah Rodriguez said....

President Joe Biden announced on Monday that serious long-term COVID-19 cases could qualify as a disability, making federal protections and resources available to those suffering from the disease.