Category: COVID-19 Articles

Long COVID hits younger and middle-aged adults hardest

Since older adults have been more severely affected by acute COVID-19, researchers have hypothesised that older adults may have worse long COVID symptoms as well. However, new research published in the Annals of Neurology, an official journal of the American Neurological Association, found that, on average, 10 months after COVID-19 onset, younger (ages 18–44) and…

Is Long COVID a brain injury?

Study led by Benedict Michael finds global cognitive deficits A recent study on Preprint server Research Square suggests that brain fog, memory and concentration problems may be due to brain injury caused by the COVID-19 virus. The study found that 351 patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19 had evidence of a long-term brain injury a year…