Long COVID may be less common after Omicron

Plus more health news | Email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( [Health Matters]( [People are less likely to get Long COVID after Omicron]( By Alice Park Senior Health Correspondent As widespread as Omicron infections are now, one silver lining is that the variant seems to cause milder disease in most people. (It can still cause serious enough illness to require hospitalization, but mostly for those with weakened immune systems and among older people, according to the latest data.) Now, there’s early evidence suggesting that Omicron variants may be less likely to lead to Long COVID—a lingering constellation of symptoms, such as fatigue, shortness of breath, anxiety, and depression, that continue to plague people post-virus. In the latest study on the issue, researchers in Switzerland found the following among a group of health care workers: - Over the 18 months they were studied, people infected with Omicron did not report more symptoms following their infection than people who had not been infected. - Among those who were infected with the original SARS-CoV-2 variant, 67% reported continued symptoms 18 months after their infection. - Getting Omicron after being infected with the original virus didn't change people's risk of reporting Long COVID symptoms compared to those who were just infected once with the original virus. [READ MORE]( Share the story What else to read [How Babies Born By C-Section Make Up for Lost Microbes]( By Haley Weiss A little help from mom can help babies delivered via C-section make up for the critical bacterial exposure they miss at birth. [Read More »]( [What Recovery Looks Like When You Have an Eating Disorder]( By Cole Kazdin If the rate of relapse for eating disorders can go as high as 70%, what does recovery really look like? [Read More »]( [Members of Congress Live With Mental Illness. Politics Influences How They Manage It]( By Mini Racker Current and former lawmakers spoke to TIME about their experiences with mental illness and how it affected their careers. [Read More »]( [5 Steps to Take to Become a Morning Person]( By Angela Haupt Seeking out natural light, sticking to a consistent schedule, and easing in gradually can help. [Read More »]( [How ‘Micro-Breaks’ Can Help You Feel Better at Work]( By Tara Law The trick is limiting these breaks to no more than 10 minutes [Read More »]( ONE LAST READ [How people with dementia create logic]( An excerpt in the Atlantic from a new book by Dasha Kiper offers an inside look at one woman’s experience living with the often-mercurial and muddled logic of her husband’s dementia. Catering to the way that dementia patients see and rationalize the world is a massive and distinct challenge faced by people who love them, and Kiper deftly explains the psychology of those on both sides. [Read More »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- If you were forwarded this and want to sign up to receive it daily, [click here](. Today's newsletter was written by Alice Park and Haley Weiss, and edited by Angela Haupt. [Want more from TIME? Sign up for our other newsletters.]( [Subscribe to TIME]( TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services in this email. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Connect with TIME via [Facebook]( | [Twitter]( | [Newsletters]( [UNSUBSCRIBE]( [PRIVACY POLICY]( [YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS]( TIME Customer Service, P.O. Box 37508, Boone, IA 50037-0508 Questions? Contact health@time.com Copyright © 2023 TIME USA, LLC. All rights reserved.