Symptoms attributed to “long COVID” may have nothing to do with the coronavirus infection in adolescents and young adults, according to a new peer-reviewed study that calls into question massive federal outlays for research into the largely self-reported condition marked by fatigue, shortness of breath and brain fog.
Published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open, the “prospective cohort study” tracked hundreds of Norwegians ages 12-25, not hospitalized, who underwent extensive examinations when they were tested for COVID and then again at a six-month followup.