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New research has found physiological evidence of brain inflammation in people with cognitive and depressive symptoms months after their COVID-19 infections.
New research has found physiological evidence of brain inflammation in people with cognitive and depressive symptoms months after their COVID-19 infections.
Whether it's an effect of vaccination, immunity from previous infections, or perhaps evolution, doctors are beginning to hope the Omicron variant of the coronavirus might be milder. They're also hoping it may be less likely to cause long COVID.
The researchers found that those with asymptomatic infection had no long-term impact; and people who had been vaccinated prior to infection with COVID-19 appeared to have protection from some long-term symptoms.
Long COVID can seriously affect people’s quality of life and ability to work. And there are no proven treatments, meaning that we may be facing a wave of disabilities with little we can do to help.