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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Eric Berger

‘We are struggling’: doctors faced with vacuum of information on long Covid

Sad woman looking out a window
‘We don’t quite have our finger on the pulse of what’s wrong, what biologically is causing it, and that’s a big problem.’ Photograph: Fahroni/Alamy

More than three years into the Covid pandemic, there are a host of important unanswered questions about long Covid, which significantly limit healthcare providers’ ability to treat patients with the condition, according to US physicians and scientists.

That vacuum of information remains as much of the US has moved on from the pandemic, while Covid long-haulers continue to face stigma and questions over whether their symptoms are real, providers say.

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