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1. Shard Calculation

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Calculated Shard: 51 (from laksa140)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa051.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical, ml_categories_json AS ml_categories_json, ml_types_json AS ml_types_json, ml_intent_types_json AS ml_intent_types_json, meta_language AS meta_language, attrs_author AS attrs_author, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_publish_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_original_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_original_publish_time, ifNull(attrs_is_republished, 0) AS attrs_is_republished, ifNull(attrs_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_nr_words, ifNull(attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, ifNull(body_ext_links_number, 0) AS body_ext_links_number, ifNull(body_int_links_number, 0) AS body_int_links_number, ifNull(meta_nofollow, 0) AS meta_nofollow, ifNull(meta_noarchive, 0) AS meta_noarchive, ifNull(props_was_rendered, 0) AS props_was_rendered, ifNull(src_redirect, \'\') AS src_redirect, ifNull(download_time_msec, 0) AS download_time_msec, ifNull(download_ttfb_msec, 0) AS download_ttfb_msec, ifNull(download_size, 0) AS download_size FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.newser.com/story/384722/covids-effect-on-the-brain-may-be-worse-than-thought.html\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.newser.com/story/384722/covids-effect-on-the-brain-may-be-worse-than-thought.html\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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3. Robots.txt Check

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4. Spam/Ban Check

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5. Seen Status Check

ℹ️ Skipped - page is already crawled

📄

INDEXABLE

✅

CRAWLED

12 days ago

🤖

ROBOTS ALLOWED

Page Info Filters

Filter	Status	Condition	Details
HTTP status	PASS	`download_http_code = 200`	HTTP 200
Age cutoff	PASS	`download_stamp > now() - 6 MONTH`	0.4 months ago
History drop	PASS	`isNull(history_drop_reason)`	No drop reason
Spam/ban	PASS	`fh_dont_index != 1 AND ml_spam_score = 0`	ml_spam_score=0
Canonical	PASS	`meta_canonical IS NULL OR = '' OR = src_unparsed`	Not set

Page Details

Property

Value

URL

https://www.newser.com/story/384722/covids-effect-on-the-brain-may-be-worse-than-thought.html

Last Crawled

2026-04-11 11:45:15 (12 days ago)

First Indexed

2026-03-09 02:07:21 (1 month ago)

HTTP Status Code

200

Content

Meta Title

COVID's Effect on the Brain May Be Worse Than Thought

Meta Description

COVID's first act may be over, but the question Jason Gale asks in a Bloomberg piece is what it's doing to our brains in the long run. His story, adapted from the book...

Meta Canonical

null

Boilerpipe Text

COVID's first act may be over, but the question Jason Gale asks in a Bloomberg piece is what it's doing to our brains in the long run. His story, adapted from the book After COVID: The Health Impacts That Will Last Generations , finds that what started as isolated reports of persistent fatigue and "brain fog" has grown into a pattern of subtle but measurable neurological changes that, in some people, linger long after the cough and fever fade. Early in the pandemic, he notes, neurologists were surprised by rare cases of sudden respiratory arrest linked to damage deep in the brain stem—a region that controls automatic breathing. That was a hint that COVID might not just assault the lungs but also quietly rewire neural circuits. Since then, high-resolution imaging and cognitive testing have shown differences in brain tissue structure, microchemical signals, and blood flow in people who had COVID, including those who thought they'd fully recovered. Population studies tie COVID to persistent drops in cognitive scores, higher rates of cognitive impairment and dementia-level decline in older adults, and biomarker changes associated with Alzheimer's. A UK human challenge study suggests even mild infections can shave performance on memory and decision-making tests, while imaging work from South Korea finds thinning in attention and memory regions, abnormal iron deposits, and signs of ongoing brain-cell stress a year out. Researchers disagree on how much this will accelerate dementia, but neurologist Avindra Nath of the National Institutes of Health sees a "huge public-health problem" unfolding. He's now testing immune-targeting therapies to see if some of the damage can be reversed. Read Gale's full story . Read These Next Trump's latest 'shocking' post: graphic murder footage. Trump adds a new threat on eve of Iran talks. Schumer appears to have miscalculated in Maine Senate race. A staunch Trump ally in Europe distances herself.

Markdown

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Readable Markdown

COVID's first act may be over, but the question Jason Gale asks in a [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-25/how-long-do-covid-s-effects-last-brain-issues-are-still-being-found) piece is what it's doing to our brains in the long run. His story, adapted from the book *[After COVID: The Health Impacts That Will Last Generations](https://www.amazon.com/After-Covid-Health-Impacts-Generations/dp/1421454246),* finds that what started as isolated reports of persistent fatigue and "brain fog" has grown into a pattern of subtle but measurable neurological changes that, in some people, linger long after the cough and fever fade. Early in the pandemic, he notes, neurologists were surprised by rare cases of sudden respiratory arrest linked to damage deep in the brain stem—a region that controls automatic breathing. That was a hint that COVID might not just assault the lungs but also quietly rewire neural circuits. Since then, high-resolution imaging and cognitive testing have shown differences in brain tissue structure, microchemical signals, and blood flow in people who had COVID, including those who thought they'd fully recovered. Population studies tie COVID to persistent drops in cognitive scores, higher rates of cognitive impairment and dementia-level decline in older adults, and biomarker changes associated with Alzheimer's. A UK human challenge study suggests even mild infections can shave performance on memory and decision-making tests, while imaging work from South Korea finds thinning in attention and memory regions, abnormal iron deposits, and signs of ongoing brain-cell stress a year out. Researchers disagree on how much this will accelerate dementia, but neurologist Avindra Nath of the National Institutes of Health sees a "huge public-health problem" unfolding. He's now testing immune-targeting therapies to see if some of the damage can be reversed. Read Gale's [full story](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-25/how-long-do-covid-s-effects-last-brain-issues-are-still-being-found). Read These Next - Trump's latest 'shocking' post: [graphic murder footage.](https://www.newser.com/story/387081/trump-posts-graphic-murder-footage.html) - Trump adds a new threat on eve [of Iran talks.](https://www.newser.com/story/387101/trump-adds-new-threat-on-eve-of-iran-talks.html) - Schumer appears to have miscalculated in [Maine Senate race.](https://www.newser.com/story/387087/schumers-favored-candidate-is-getting-trounced-in-maine.html) - A staunch Trump ally in [Europe distances herself.](https://www.newser.com/story/387088/a-trump-ally-in-europe-distances-herself.html)

ML Classification

ML Categories

/Health		88.5%
/Health/Mental_Health		72.4%
/Science		39.2%
/Science/Biological_Sciences		39.2%
/Science/Biological_Sciences/Neuroscience		39.1%
/Health/Mental_Health/Anxiety_and_Stress		34.9%

Raw JSON

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    "/Science": 392,
    "/Science/Biological_Sciences": 392,
    "/Science/Biological_Sciences/Neuroscience": 391,
    "/Health/Mental_Health/Anxiety_and_Stress": 349
}

ML Page Types

/Article		98.8%
/Article/News_Update		49.7%

Raw JSON

{
    "/Article": 988,
    "/Article/News_Update": 497
}

ML Intent Types

Informational

99.9%

Raw JSON

{
    "Informational": 999
}

Content Metadata

Language

null

Author

John Johnson

Publish Time

2026-03-09 02:10:00 (1 month ago)

Original Publish Time

2026-03-09 02:07:21 (1 month ago)

Republished

Word Count (Total)

1,089

Word Count (Content)

308

Links

External Links

Internal Links

Technical SEO

Meta Nofollow

Meta Noarchive

JS Rendered

Yes

Redirect Target

null

Performance

Download Time (ms)

151

TTFB (ms)

136

Download Size (bytes)

38,811

Shard

51 (laksa)

Root Hash

9082877721597952251

Unparsed URL

com,newser!www,/story/384722/covids-effect-on-the-brain-may-be-worse-than-thought.html s443