Brain fog and other long Covid symptoms affect millions; new treatment studies bring hope


THE National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long Covid, an anxiously awaited step in the United States efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions.

Monday’s announcement from the NIH’s $1.15 billion RECOVER project comes amid frustration from patients who’ve struggled for months or even years with sometimes-disabling health problems - with no proven treatments and only a smattering of rigorous studies to test potential ones.

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