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Inside long COVID’s war on the body: Researchers are trying to find out whether the virus has the potential to cause cancer

Published November 23, 2023

Published by: Fortune
Published on: November 23, 2023
By Carolyn Barber

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Long COVID is no stranger to either patients or those immersed in studies of its effects. In the U.S., one in 7 adults–about 14% of the adult population–has experienced symptoms that lasted three months or longer after first contracting the virus. The worldwide estimate for long COVID is 65 million people.

What is less clear–because it’s still so early in the process–is the impact of some of SARS-CoV-2’s most dangerous characteristics on those hit by long COVID. But some researchers are warily watching for the worst: a potential connection to cancer.

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