Ziyad Al-Aly is chief of research and development at VA St. Louis Health Care System and a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. Since 2020, the condition known as long ...

“Long COVID” means that people continue to experience COVID-19 symptoms for longer than usual after initially contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Other terms for long COVID include post-COVID, ...

Opioid medications are typically prescribed to relieve pain associated with surgery, cancer, or injuries. While their short-term effects are relatively well known, the effects and risks of long-term ...

The condition has put significant strain on patients and society — at a global economic cost of about $1 trillion a year, a new report estimates. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck has been reporting about ...

In the spring of 2023, after her third case of COVID-19, Jennifer Robertson started to feel strange. Her heart raced all day long and she could barely sleep at night. She had dizzy spells. She felt ...

At least 200 million people worldwide have struggled with long COVID: a slew of symptoms that can persist for months or even years after an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. But ...