In addition to protecting against severe disease and death from COVID-19, the vaccines also protect against long Covid, a new study suggests. Vaccination protects against long Covid in addition to severe disease, a new study finds. But for many clinicians and patients, long Covid - the condition in which patients suffer Covid symptoms for weeks or months after their infection - has been an unanswered question. For this study, researchers at King's College London utilized data from the COVID Symptom Study app, a free mobile app developed by health company ZOE. To further study long Covid - including post-vaccination risks - the NIH has launched the RECOVER Initiative, which will study tens of thousands of Covid survivors.

Source: Daily Mail September 14, 2021 20:15 UTC