Saturday, February 21, 2026

Revised estimates of the types and durations of long Covid symptoms based on claims records from 245 Million US patients...



This study used health records from 245 million US patients to better understand long Covid symptoms. It found that many long-term effects previously linked to Covid are actually due to other health issues and testing bias. The true long Covid symptoms affect fewer organ systems and last shorter than earlier studies suggested.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.17.26346448v1