New Studies Link the Coronavirus to Heart Problems

Heart issues may be yet another symptom to add to Covid-19’s long list

Yet another symptom: heart problems. Part of what makes the novel coronavirus so puzzling is its ability to cause a wide range of symptoms from a severe cough, to a lost sense of smell, and now, as scientists report, heart damage. A new study published in the medical journal JAMA Cardiology by physicians in a Wuhan, China hospital reports that 20% of people hospitalized with Covid-19 had some heart damage, and many had no…