It’s been five years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. But many patients with long COVID have yet to find meaningful recovery.
Around 6% of adults in the U.S. — or roughly 18 million — are estimated to be living with the damaging aftermath of catching the virus, according to research and a long-running survey of U.S households, although numbers are still difficult to pin down because the definitions vary.
And it’s not a thing of the past — new patients are still showing up in doctor’s offices.