Maintaining healthy lifestyle habits such as regular exercise and adequate sleep can help stave off long Covid symptoms, a study suggests.

Nurses who lived healthily were nearly half as likely to still be suffering with lingering symptoms after clearing the initial infection.

A research team from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that the biggest risk factors were getting fewer than seven hours of sleep per night and a body mass index below 25.

[Surprise! Healthy people can stay healthy by pursuing healthy choices. That doesn’t mean that we should abandon looking for therapies and preventive medications, but it does underscore that health is a personal choice and that choice has consequences. — Ed]