Category: Hospitalization
Long COVID in 2009: Mental Morbidities and Chronic Fatigue in SARS Survivors
From 2009, Long COVID in SARS survivors: Over 40% of the respondents had active psychiatric illnesses, 40.3% reported a chronic fatigue problem, and 27.1% met the modified 1994 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome. More...
Finland: 50% of infected adults have long COVID
Long COVID could become one of Finland’s largest groups of chronic diseases, according to a Finnish government Minister. More...
ICU doctor to UK Health Secretary: “I do not want to have a vaccination” *3 UPDATES*
Steve James, a consultant anaesthetist at King’s College Hospital in London who has worked in the ICU since early 2020 treating Covid patients, told UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid why he did not believe in vaccination. More...
Boris Johnson: We can ‘ride out’ the Omicron wave with no more curbs
London, 1940. The city is being heavily bombed in the Blitz. More...
Israel: Effects of 4th Covid booster dose are good, but not good enough
An Israeli health expert has said that although officials are satisfied with the results reported about the effects of the fourth coronavirus shot, they expected more from the second booster. More...
Denmark: 70% of hospitalized Omicron patients are double or triple vaccinated *1 UPDATE*
Denmark has updated its latest Omicron report with details of the vaccination status of those hospitalized for the variant. More...
Vegetarian diet may provide more protection against severe Covid than triple vaccination
After adjusting for important confounders, participants who reported following plant-based diets had a 73% lower odds of moderate Covid, and those following plant-based or pescatarian diets had 59% lower odds of severe Covid. More...
UK: nearly 2.4 million people have symptomatic Covid
The UK Covid app ZOE is showing another case record in Britain. More...
Global winter wave of 2021 is now 50% higher than last year’s winter wave
The current global winter wave is already about 50% higher than last year’s wave, peaking at 14.5 million biweekly cases yesterday. More...
UKHSA: Vaccine effectiveness drops to just 40% – 50% ten weeks after booster dose
Two to 4 weeks after a booster dose, vaccine effectiveness ranged from around 65% to 75%, dropping to 55% to 70% at 5 to 9 weeks and 40% to 50% from 10+ weeks after the booster. More...