Developing Long News Today

In the years since the COVID pandemic started, long COVID has become a looming problem in the United States. Healthcare providers and researchers believe as much as 30% of patients will develop long COVID. It's often difficult for patients to get a diagnosed and treated promptly, due to a lack of knowledge and testing.

The new research found that some people were about 40% less likely to develop long COVID if they took metformin in the days after their infection.

What are the treatment options for long COVID? Heres what doctors say—plus, the tops signs you have long COVID.