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Long COVID and Occupational Medicine Practice

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    The national public health emergency declared in response to the worldwide pandemic of "coronavirus disease 2019" or COVID-19 ended on May 11, 2023, in the United States. Whereas most Americans infected with the causative agent of COVID-19-the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-recover their usual state of health, others experience a broad array of new or continuing debilitating symptoms. Grouped together, these various post-COVID-19 symptoms are collectively known by the patient-generated term, "long COVID; by the term, "postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection; or by the World Health Organization's term, "post-COVID-19 condition." In this editorial, the term "long COVID" will be used. Although a single case definition has not been widely accepted, the World Health Organization has defined long COVID as "the continuation or development of new symptoms 3 months after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, with these symptoms lasting for at least 2 months with no other explanation." The US Department of Health and Human Services emphasizes that "long COVID is not one condition. It represents many potentially overlapping entities, likely with different biological causes and different sets of risk factors and outcomes." [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    1076-2752
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Division:
    OD - Office of the Director
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-5
  • Volume:
    66
  • Issue:
    1
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20068435
  • Citation:
    J Occup Environ Med 2024 Jan; 66(1):1-5
  • Contact Point Address:
    John Howard, M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024
  • Email:
    jhoward1@cdc.gov
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2024
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Source Full Name:
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:486b165377ff03d2c90a9de96784236bf5d3ee2354fddc7d57b5f18069b0090b06054e167793ea07ddf06b7d17c22344a98cc4583dd1eb8784790e5667982c57
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