CDC-funded study launches to look at COVID-19 long-haulers
and last updated 2021-02-10 17:51:30-05
CHICAGO â A year since it first emerged in the U.S., scientists have learned a lot about the novel coronavirus and how to treat it. But there is still much unknown about its long-term effects on the health of COVID-19 survivors. Now, a CDC-funded effort is underway to try and understand what life going forward will be like for long-haulers.
Carlos Olvera had to be hospitalized three times during his bout with COVID-19.
âIt had been already over a month and it was part of protocol to get me tested again, and it turned out that I was positive on that third hospitalization,â he recalled.