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Throughout the pandemic, long Covid — symptoms that occur after the initial coronavirus infection — has remained something of a medical mystery.

Now, amid the latest surge of infections, a series of major studies are shedding light on the condition.

Guest: Pam Belluck, a health and science reporter for The New York Times.

A Better Understanding of Long Covid

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Throughout the pandemic, Long Covid has remained something of a medical mystery.

Now, amid the latest surge of infections, a series of major studies are shedding new light

on who is getting Long Covid and just how widespread the condition actually is.

I spoke with my colleague Pam Beleg about what we're learning.

Pam, you have been reporting on Long Covid since the term first emerged and for the longest

time our understanding of it has been highly anecdotal.

We have mentioned it several times on the show and we know that lots of people are very

worried about it, but we've never had that much real data about Long Covid.

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0:05.3	Experience his classic tale like never before with immersive sound design and an all-star
0:09.8	British cast.
0:11.0	Brian Cox, Daniel Kaluya and Nicola Cochlan star in this audio masterpiece.
0:16.0	Oliver Twist is an audible original.
0:18.1	Listen for free now with your 30-day trial at audible.co.uk.
0:22.7	From 799 a month after 30 days, renews automatically.
0:26.4	See audible.co.uk slash Ft for eligibility.
0:31.7	From New York Times, I'm Michael O'Borrow.
0:34.2	This is The Daily.
0:41.8	Today
0:43.8	Throughout the pandemic, Long Covid has remained something of a medical mystery.
0:49.2	Now, amid the latest surge of infections, a series of major studies are shedding new light
0:55.7	on who is getting Long Covid and just how widespread the condition actually is.
1:04.0	I spoke with my colleague Pam Beleg about what we're learning.
1:12.3	It's Friday, May 20.
1:15.3	Pam, you have been reporting on Long Covid since the term first emerged and for the longest
1:25.6	time our understanding of it has been highly anecdotal.
1:29.4	We have mentioned it several times on the show and we know that lots of people are very
1:33.3	worried about it, but we've never had that much real data about Long Covid.
1:39.2	That seems to have now changed, right?
1:42.7	Yeah.
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