“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 ...

It’s still unclear how long symptoms of long COVID may last. Reports suggest they may last for 6 months or even longer. Factors like your age and vaccination status may affect how long you experience ...

In the spring of 2023, after her third case of COVID-19, Jennifer Robertson started to feel strange. Her heart raced all day long and she could barely sleep at night. She had dizzy spells. She felt ...

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 ...

Adults with Long COVID can experience a slew of different symptoms, but some are more common than others. Intense fatigue, crashes after mental or physical effort, brain fog, shortness of breath or ...

There are many strange beauty ideas that are tied to aging. One of them? That women of a “certain age” should never have long hair. In the past, women may have felt obliged to limit their hair’s ...

When someone talks about a long face, they usually mean a face that expresses sadness, stress, or exhaustion. But this is different from long face syndrome, a medical condition that deals with the ...

How long are TikT0k videos? When TikTok first began, videos on the app were only 15 seconds long. The short turnaround was tailored to capture people’s attention, perfect for quick consumption as they ...

Amanda Jackson has expertise in personal finance, investing, and social services. She is a library professional, transcriptionist, editor, and fact-checker. Net long refers to a condition in which an ...