Long Covid Is Real. Now the Evidence Is Piling Up.
A new study finds evidence of hormone imbalances and other biomarkers that can cause symptoms to linger.
Looking for answers.
Photographer: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images/Getty Images EuropeFinally, the hunt for answers about long Covid is yielding some clues. A new study, led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Yale School of Medicine and published in Nature, defines some critical differences in certain biomarkers of people with long Covid. The next step is even more critical: coming up with a way to cure them.
A massive number of people in the US are dealing with lingering symptoms. Two new reports this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that in 2022, some 18 million adults said they had ever had long Covid, with about 8.8 million currently suffering from the condition. In that time, roughly 1 million children had been affected — with about 360,000 children reporting an ongoing case.