Organ Damage Continues for at Least a Year in 59% of Long COVID Patients

Hundreds of research studies have now investigated long COVID, in which symptoms of COVID-19 and other health issues linger for months after the acute phase of infection has passed. Long COVID can occur in people who have had any type of case of COVID-19, from the mild to the severe. Researchers have been categorizing various symptoms of long COVID, and have proposed that there are subtypes of the disease. Scientists have also been following long COVID cases to determine how long symptoms might last.

In a new report published in the Journal of the…