Long-term cognitive and psychiatric effects of COVID-19 revealed in new study

Published on July 30, 2024

Many people who were hospitalised with COVID-19 continue to have cognitive and psychiatric problems even two to three years post-infection, according to a new study published in Lancet Psychiatry.
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