National Academies Push for New Definition of Long COVID

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

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The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine on Tuesday called on the medical community to adopt a new, universal definition of Long COVID to help patients access better medical care and benefits and minimize skepticism and social stigma around the condition. The National Academies would define Long COVID as an “infection-associated chronic condition that occurs after COVID-19 infection and is present for at least three months as a continuous, relapsing and remitting, or progressive disease state that affects one or more organ systems.” Long COVID afflicts an estimated 17 million Americans. We’ll talk about the latest Long COVID research and hear your experiences. Guests: Dr. Linda Geng, co-director, Stanford Long COVID Collaborative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.8	Music From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, long COVID is a devastatingly persistent
0:58.5	result of the pandemic that the medical community has yet to fully address, according to
1:03.4	Victor Zau, head of the National Academy of Medicine. And the reason, in part, is that there hasn't
1:09.2	been a common definition for what long COVID is.
1:12.6	Until now, the National Academies have released a universal definition for long COVID,
1:18.4	that they're urging providers and policymakers to adopt in hopes of improving diagnosis and care.
1:24.8	Have you or someone you know had long COVID?
1:31.0	How are you managing it? Forum is next after this news.
1:53.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Tens of millions of Americans are estimated to have had long COVID, and yet there's been a real medical consensus on how to diagnose it or even how to define it, which has made it hard for people to get treatment and support.
2:03.0	Now the National Academies are weighing in with a universal definition and a new report that emphasizes how serious long COVID is, how much it can diminish the ability of adults and children to function. Has long COVID affected your life? What was
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