“Long COVID” means that people continue to experience COVID-19 symptoms for longer than usual after initially contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Other terms for long COVID include post-COVID, ...

Ziyad Al-Aly is chief of research and development at VA St. Louis Health Care System and a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. Since 2020, the condition known as long ...

The condition has put significant strain on patients and society — at a global economic cost of about $1 trillion a year, a new report estimates. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck has been reporting about ...

Long-acting insulin helps people with diabetes maintain normal blood sugar levels throughout the day. Unlike short-acting insulin, it never peaks, keeping an even sugar level in your blood. When you ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. In the spring of 2023, after her third case of COVID-19, Jennifer Robertson started to feel strange. Her heart raced all day long ...

A consensus has emerged among experts who study and treat long Covid: Paxlovid seems to reduce the risk of lingering symptoms among those eligible to take it. The idea is intuitive, experts say.

If you experience periods that last longer than 7 days, it may be due to an underlying cause. Getting treatment early can ease your symptoms and help prevent complications from developing. A long ...

Long-term memory consists of memories that the brain has stored over an extended period of time. These memories can be from an hour ago or from decades earlier. Share on Pinterest Monty Rakusen/Getty ...