Category: Long Covid
70% of patients hospitalised with coronavirus haven’t fully recovered five months later
The majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 did not fully recover five months after discharge and continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as ability to work, according to results released by the PHOSP-COVID study today. More...
90% percent of healthcare workers report long-term complaints from coronavirus
Nine out of ten healthcare workers who contracted the coronavirus say they have long-term complaints after becoming infected with the disease. More...
Finland Prime Minster Sanna Marin on coronavirus: “It may be we’ll be in this situation for years to come”
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marinin is concerned about possible new variants of the coronavirus that may be resistant to vaccines. More...
Long-Haul coronavirus symptoms presenting as a variant of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome or POTS
Major clinical centres in Sweden have witnessed an inflow of patients with chronic symptoms following initial outpatient care for coronavirus infection, suggestive of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. More...
Covid symptoms, symptom clusters, and predictors for becoming a Longhauler
Roughly 32% of those reporting [long haul] symptoms at day 61+ in our study were initially asymptomatic at the time of SARS-CoV-2 testing. More...
WHO: The coronavirus pandemic has caused mass trauma on a larger scale than World War II
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused mass trauma on a larger scale than World War II, and the impact will last “for many years to come,” the World Health Organization’s top official said Friday. More...
WHO Investigators scrap plans for interim report on probe of coronavirus origins
WSJ: “The World Health Organization team investigating the origins of Covid-19 is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington over the investigation and an appeal from one international group of scientists for a new probe.” More...
Nearly half of all mild coronavirus cases have long-covid symptoms 6 months later
Almost half of all people with mild coronavirus cases still have at least one symptom six months after recovering, a new Israeli study found. More...
F-FDG brain PET hypometabolism in patients with long COVID
These metabolic clusters were highly discriminant to distinguish [long covid] patients and healthy subjects (100% correct classification). More...
Nine months in the long limbo of long covid – Ed Rooksby
“I’m pretty sure I know where and when I was infected and indeed who passed it on to me. More...