The holiday season, often considered a time of joy and togetherness, can also be one of the most challenging periods for those who are grieving a loss.

Nearly 95% of people who have experienced loss report dealing with at least one symptom of physical or mental distress^[1]. Approximately 10% of them develop prolonged grief disorder^[2], a persistent and debilitating form of grief that does not ease with time.

Often, this grief...

Black adults living with long COVID pointed to challenges with their physical health – rather than their mental health – when asked to describe their long-COVID symptoms. That is one key finding from our new study^[1], published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

When we examined the data further, however, we found that those living with long COVID in the U.S. had significantly more anxiety, depression,...