Risk of Long COVID Has Declined, Largely Due to Vaccination

AJMC July 17, 2024
Laura Joszt, MA

While the risk of developing long COVID after a SARS-CoV-2 infection remains a persistent threat, it decreased significantly over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decline is largely attributed to vaccination against COVID-19, according to a new study published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).¹

Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, a clinical epidemiologist with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and a nephrologist at John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital in St. Louis, said the declining rates of long COVID is a rare occasion of good news regarding COVID-19.² However, he emphasized that long COVID remains a challenge.

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