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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauran Neergaard

Brain fog and other long COVID symptoms are the focus of new small treatment studies

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions.

Monday’s announcement from the NIH’s $1.15 billion RECOVER project comes amid frustration from patients who’ve struggled for months or even years with sometimes-disabling health problems — with no proven treatments and only a smattering of rigorous studies to test potential ones.

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