{
  "id": 2426566,
  "title": "Can COVID-19 change how we breathe during sleep?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/can-covid-19-change-how-we-breathe-during-sleep",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T19:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-covid.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "COVID-19 can leave behind fatigue, breathing difficulties and neurological symptoms that persist long after the initial infection. Because these effects can also disturb sleep, researchers have questioned whether COVID-19 might alter the physiological mechanisms underlying obstructive sleep apnea.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}