Coronavirus Watch: Can common infections trigger lifelong health conditions?

In most people, norovirus causes a few days of misery spent in the bathroom and then is quickly forgotten. Epstein-Barr virus can pass without any indication at all. And many people shrug off COVID-19.

But a growing body of research suggests that in some unlucky few, the immune system overreacts to simple infections, leaving years or even a lifetime of symptoms. 

Read more from reporter Karen Weintraub here.

It's Monday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news to know:

• A new study found a difference in working-age mortality between U.S. states with liberal policies and those with conservative policies: More Americans die younger in states with conservative policies, according to researchers.
• South Africa on Saturday held its first Pride march since the pandemic began, bringing together more than 3,000 people in celebration of the country's LGBTQ community. 
• Factory workers in northern China who assemble Apple’s new iPhone 14 devices walked out of their factory to avoid COVID-19 curbs following a virus outbreak at the facility.

See our COVID-19 resource guide here. On boosters: 7.3% of Americans over 5 years old – 22.8 million people – have received a second, updated booster dose, according to the CDC.

– Cady Stanton, Paste BN breaking news reporter, @cady_stanton

Contributing: The Associated Press