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Long COVID: cognitive and mental health effects
CDC's overview of the neurological and mental health dimensions of long COVID, including 'brain fog' and post-infectious depression.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention7 min readSelected and edited by Dean ShabanAdded
CDC's long COVID hub catalogs the neurological and mental health symptoms (cognitive impairment, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety, post-exertional malaise) that a significant minority of people develop after acute infection.
Honest about the limits of current understanding and treatment, which is itself useful in a space crowded with overconfident claims.
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