At the 2023 Burnet Oration, COVID-19 researcher Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of research and development at VA Saint Louis Health Care System and senior clinical epidemiologist for the Institute for Public Health at the University of Washington – School of Medicine, shared his findings on the risks of long COVID-19 infection and reinfection.
“We looked at the heart, the lungs, we looked at the kidneys, we saw increased risk of diabetes, mental health disorders, blood clotting problems, we saw increased risk for nearly every organ system.”
Burnet Oration: Dr Ziyad Al-Aly urges action for long COVID treatment | Burnet Institute
