07-04-2021 20:42 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com

One-Third Of COVID Patients Diagnosed With Psychiatric Or Neurological Problems Post-Infection

BOSTON (CBS) – A new study finds that a third of COVID-19 patients are diagnosed with a neurologic or psychiatric diagnosis in the six months after infection, more evidence that COVID can lead to long-term complications.
Researchers at the University of Oxford compared data on almost 240,000 patients with COVID-19 to a similar number of patients who had other respiratory infections, like the flu.
Of the patients receiving a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis, about 13% received such a d
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