Long COVID surveillance gaps press coverage

Our recent publication in JAMA Network Open, Long COVID Persistence and Surveillance Gaps Across 58 US Hospitals, was featured in national, regional, and trade media outlets.

Featured: Bloomberg Law

Long Covid Underdiagnosis Poses Broader Care, Coverage Hurdles by Lauren Clason (June 3, 2026)

Bloomberg Law followed the coding gap past surveillance and into the systems that depend on a diagnosis: insurance claims, disability cases in court, and referrals to specialty Long COVID clinics. Because providers rarely use the Long COVID code, patients can struggle to document a condition their records already describe.

“The objective markers exist. They’re just sitting in the wrong layer of the medical record.”

“The legal and insurance systems are using the dimmest possible lens.”

Hossein Estiri, in Bloomberg Law

More stories

• Boston Globe One in six Americans who had COVID-19 developed long COVID, Mass General Brigham study says by Jonathan Saltzman
• WBUR The scope of long COVID is bigger than we think, Mass. researchers say by Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
• U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay) Long COVID Might Be Twice As Common As Previously Thought
• CIDRAP Long COVID may affect 1 in 6 infected patients
• Becker's Hospital Review Diagnostic coding misses more than half of long COVID cases: Study by Mackenzie Bean
• Healthcare Innovation Algorithm Identifies Increase in Long Covid Burden by David Raths
• Patient Care New Research Suggests Long COVID Affects 1 in 6 Patients, Doubling Current Estimates by Abigail Brooks
• Medical Xpress Long COVID may affect 18 million Americans, doubling surveillance estimates
• News-Medical True toll of long COVID may be double that of current estimates, research shows
• Mass General Brigham Long Covid Burden Continues to Grow, Doubling Current Surveillance Estimates, Multi-Hospital Study Shows

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