Category: Long Covid
Long Covid: Impaired lung function for months after infection
Two different research articles out recently give graphic details of the lung damage that can be caused in both adults and children after a Covid infection.… ...More...
Joe Biden: The pandemic is over
Joe Biden has stunned the world, and swept the British Queen’s funeral off the headlines, by declaring “the pandemic is over”.… ...More...
Survey: Reinfection worsens Long Covid
Reinfection worsens symptoms of Long COVID or triggers a recurrence of symptoms in people who have recovered.… ...More...
Research: Long Ebola symptoms seven years after infection
Even 5 years after acute Ebola infection, a majority of former patients continue to have symptoms and, for many, these continue to greatly impact their lives.… ...More...
NBER: The impacts of Covid-19 illnesses on workers
The National Bureau of Economic Research has published a working paper on the impact of Covid-19 on the US workforce. … ...More...
WHO: At least 17 million Long COVID cases in Europe so far
At least 17 million people in the WHO European Region experienced long COVID in the first two years of the pandemic according to the WHO.… ...More...
Long Covid: Petition calls on Germany to expedite BC007 clinical trials
A new petition on Change.org calls on the German government to expedite clinical trials for BC007, a promising potential treatment for Long COVID.… ...More...
Norway: 46% of Covid infected report long-term effects
“As many as 46 per cent of those who had been infected with Covid in our study report long-term effects.”… ...More...
UK: Fresh Covid-19 wave kicks off
The ZOE Covid app is showing that cases have started to climb in Britain again – just as schoolkids head back to school after the summer break.… ...More...
STOP PRESS: World Health Organisation believes that Long COVID may be a thing
It seems the World Health Organisation has suddenly become aware of something called Long COVID after their chief scientist tweeted the following yesterday:.… ...More...
Federal Reserve: Cognitive difficulties in 62 percent of adults with long COVID
“A degree of cognitive difficulty is especially common, cited by 62 percent of adults who currently report long-term COVID symptoms compared with 30 percent of those who have never had long-term symptoms.”… ...More...
Australia: 12% of the workforce off sick with long Covid
An estimated 31,000 Australian workers are calling in sick every day because of the debilitating symptoms of long COVID.… ...More...
USA: up to 4 million people out of work due to long Covid
Around 16 million working-age Americans (those aged 18 to 65) have long Covid today.… ...More...
Long COVID: Two more patients treated with experimental drug BC 007 see improvements in symptoms
“Both patients have already reported significant improvements in their performance and quality of life, and this has been corroborated in medical tests.”… ...More...