More than five years after the first wave, COVID-19 continues to cast its shadow over India's health landscape. https://www.rediff.com/news/special/50-mn-to-100-mn-indians-suffer-from-long-covid/20251202.htm
A new study published in the Journal of Medical Virology (October 2025) has added renewed urgency to the need to tackle a subject clinicians have been flagging over the years: Persistent blood abnormalities in long Covid patients that may be causing chronic fatigue, cognitive problems, and cardiovascular symptoms.
The study -- led by researchers from France and South Africa -- found that long Covid patients showed lasting changes in their 'complement system' -- a group of 20 proteins that are integral to natural immunity.
by Sohini Da
02/12/2025