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Sharon Theimer

Mayo Clinic expert shares tips for navigating a return to work with long COVID

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Symptoms are only half of the picture when it comes to long COVID, also known as post-COVID syndrome. The other half is how long COVID affects a person's ability to live their lives. Greg Vanichkachorn, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic's COVID Activity Rehabilitation Program, offers tips for navigating the return to work during recovery.

"It can be hard to go back to work after any medical condition, and this is especially true for long COVID," says Dr. Vanichkachorn, a physician in Mayo's Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine. Among the steps that can help, Dr. Vanichkachorn says:

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