The scientific community now churns out new research papers on Long Covid at a pretty steady clip, and much of the news remains disturbing. One recent study,...
Over time, "there's no sign of attenuation of that risk," Cleveland Clinic researcher Dr. Stanley Hazen told CNN. Another recent report, from researchers at Oxford and Cambridge in Great Britain, found signs of brain stem abnormalities in post-COVID patients.
The fact that we see abnormalities in the parts of the brain associated with breathing strongly suggests that long-lasting symptoms are an effect of inflammation in the brainstem following COVID-19 infection.
If we're not going to prevent COVID-19 and Long Covid, are we anywhere near a cure? The short answer is no, but scientists' understanding of the illness is steadily growing.
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