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Fortune
Erin Prater

Long COVID–like symptoms can happen after the flu, too. Here's how to prevent both

Flu or COVID, it may not matter—the post-viral illness you potentially wind up with could look pretty similar, according to new research released this week.

Long COVID is a post-viral illness that occurs after infection with COVID. Also known as PASC, or post-acute sequelae of COVID, it’s  typically defined as new symptoms that develop after infection and persist for at least four weeks—often for months, and sometimes for years.

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