New Long-Haul COVID Clinics Treat Mysterious and Ongoing Symptoms

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July 01, 2021

Public Health New Long-Haul COVID Clinics Treat Mysterious and Ongoing Symptoms Coordinating care among different specialties could help patients with many problems and no proved therapies By Melba Newsome

Space Astronomers Thrill at Giant Comet Flying into Our Solar System The huge object may be the biggest comet ever seen. And it is already showing signs of activity as it approaches the orbit of Saturn By Jonathan O'Callaghan

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Public Health Consequences of DDT Exposure Could Last Generations Scientists found health effects in grandchildren of women exposed to the pesticide By Carrie Arnold

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Problem of 'Long Haul' COVID More and more patients are dealing with major symptoms that linger for months By Carolyn Barber | December 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY "It is really striking to me how many people who had a more mild illness have these persistent symptoms...Probably over three quarters of patients we see were never hospitalized for COVID." John Baratta, co-director at COVID Recovery Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

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