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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 read
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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