Long-COVID Report Finds Symptoms Fall Short on Capturing Disability Metrics

Long COVID can cause more than 200 symptoms and a positive COVID-19 test is not necessary to make a long COVID diagnosis, according to a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Symptoms of long COVID, including chronic fatigue and post-exertional malaise, cognitive impairment — often referred to as “brain fog” — and autonomic dysfunction, “can impair an individual’s ability to work or attend school for six months to two years or more after COVID-19 infection,” according to the report released Wednesday. The Washin...