Long Covid and Hot Weather: Why Symptoms May Worsen

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Source: Fedorowski A, Raj SR et al. (2024). Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in post-COVID-19 syndrome: a major health-care burden. Nature Reviews Cardiology. DOI: 10.1038/s41569-023-00962-3

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