Two major Bay Area universities are launching new projects with the goal of helping people overcome the debilitating symptoms from long COVID.
Researchers at Stanford University are looking for 200 volunteers to participate in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to see if Paxlovid, the anti-viral treatment that fights acute COVID-19, can help cure long COVID as well.
Stanford will study whether taking the drug can help with fatigue, brain fog, body aches and other long COVID symptoms.Get a weekly recap of the latest San Francisco Bay Area housing news.Some cases are so bad people aren't able to exercise or go to work. Researchers at Stanford wonder if long COVID might actually be caused by the persistent presence of the COVID virus in the body and they want to see if they can address that with the Paxlovid anti-viral treatment.
As COVID and RSV cases are surging, there's still concern about long COVID, and researchers at Stanford might have a solution. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Dr. Linda Geng, who started a first-of-its-kind clinical trial.
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