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Review

Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Care Services; Committee on the Long-Term Health Effects Stemming from COVID-19 and Implications for the Social Security Administration
Carol Mason Spicer, Bernice X. Chu, Paul A. Volberding
, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2024 Aug 21.
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Review

Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Care Services; Committee on the Long-Term Health Effects Stemming from COVID-19 and Implications for the Social Security Administration.
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Excerpt

Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020, many individuals infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have continued to experience lingering symptoms for months or even years following infection. Some symptoms can affect a person's ability to work or attend school for an extended period of time. Consequently, in 2022, the Social Security Administration requested that the National Academies convene a committee of relevant experts to investigate and provide an overview of the current status of diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of long-term health effects related to Long COVID. This report presents the committee conclusions.

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This activity was supported by Contract No. 28321318D00060015 between the National Academy of Sciences and U.S. Social Security Administration. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.

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