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Study: COVID-19 linked to chronic fatigue illness
A new study being conducted in part by University of Utah Health shows COVID-19 infection is associated with a nearly eightfold increase in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Senior author of the study, Dr. Rachel Hess, said the finding is huge and may finally help researchers discover the cause and treatment for those suffering with the disabling condition. “Now we have the opportunity to understand the long-term consequences,” Hess said. “A lot of our interest is to understand what long-COVID is and how it’s related to ME/CFS. As we were looking at ...
