The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an update on July 24 urging health care providers and public health officials to raise awareness of the symptoms of “long COVID,” a condition the CDC says can last weeks, months, or even years after an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
In the update, the agency said that public health professionals should continue to “promote awareness of Long COVID, help combat the stigma that patients with Long COVID encounter, and emphasize prevention of Long COVID,” while encouraging people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
