People who’ve had COVID-19 are facing memory problems months after contracting the disease, new study says: ‘They can’t think’

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Yelena DzhanovaSat, October 23, 2021, 12:05 PM·2 min read

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  • A new study reveals that people who’ve had COVID-19 in the past may exhibit cognitive impairments months after an infection.
  • Those impairments can include problems with memory, as well as slower processing speed.
  • One of the longterm effects of COVID-19 is “brain fog,” or difficulty thinking and concentrating, the CDC says.

People who’ve recovered from the coronavirus are experiencing problems with their memory, new research and data reveal.

A study,publishedFriday in medical journal JAMA Network Open, says nearly a quarter of individuals who’ve been infected with the coronavirus have problems retaining information and focusing months after contracting the disease. Researchers, examining…

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