Women suffer more severe neurologic symptoms from long COVID than men, researchers find

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Original Load Date July 21, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
Last Updated July 21, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/07/21/women-suffer-more-severe-neurologic-symptoms-from-long-covid-than-men-research-finds-for-the-first-time

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New research from Northwestern Medicine showed for the first time that women suffer more severe neurologic symptoms due to long COVID, such as brain fog and numbness, than men. The research, published Tuesday in the [ _Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology_ ][1] , also found that women wit...