Category: Long Covid
The NEU’s June 2020 plan for restarting UK education is as valid now as it was then
A ten-point plan for children and young people
- Disadvantaged children and young people and their families must be a key priority.
UK to send children back to the coronavirus battlefront. Adults can wait at home until it’s safe.
“There could be a phased reopening of schools in England based on regional infection rates after a lifting of the national lockdown, MPs have been told. More...
Long Covid could claim up to 700 doctors in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland could lose up to 700 hospital doctors as a result of the pandemic, it has been warned. More...
Chinese study finds most patients still show signs of ‘long Covid’ six months later
The largest study of its kind found that most of those treated in a Wuhan hospital were still showing symptoms six months after being sent home
The most common problems were fatigue and difficulty in sleeping, but lung and kidney problems were also recorded
Emergence of Y453F and Δ69-70HV mutations in a lymphoma patient with long-term COVID-19
“We report a genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 from a lymphoma patient with long-term COVID-19. More...
Long Covid Study: 6-month consequences of COVID-19 in patients discharged from hospital
The long-term health consequences of COVID-19 remain largely unclear. More...
Multiple organ damage found in ‘Long Covid’ cases
Young and previously healthy people with ongoing symptoms of Covid-19 are showing signs of damage to multiple organs four months after the initial infection, a study suggests. More...
Coronavirus could age the brain by 10 years or cause IQ to fall
Coronavirus survivors may be at risk of lasting cognitive damage, according to a study that found that in the worst cases the infection can cause mental decline equivalent to an 8.5-point fall in IQ or the brain ageing ten years. More...
Long Covid: The debilitating after-effects of coronavirus – Long Covid
Some studies have found 10% of people who have mild COVID-19 will go on to have Long COVID, but other studies have estimated as many as 35% will