5 Long COVID Myths We Need To Stop Believing
1 year, 9 months ago

5 Long COVID Myths We Need To Stop Believing

Huff Post  

Maria Korneeva via Getty Images There are many falsehoods about long COVID and how it's contracted, according to experts. Long COVID — or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 — continues to have its critics, despite being a nationally recognized condition that’s been heavily investigated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Just because something is poorly understood doesn’t mean it is not ‘real.’ People are suffering from long COVID, and we need to find solutions to help,” Dr. Linda Geng, the co-director of Stanford Health Care’s Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Center, told HuffPost. Geng’s records match nationwide evidence that has found that the majority of long COVID cases have occurred in people with mild infections. Some people have dismissed long COVID as a psychological issue, in part because our tests haven’t been able to clearly pinpoint the root causes of the condition.

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Five years on from the pandemic, long COVID keeps lives on hold
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1 week ago

Five years on from the pandemic, long COVID keeps lives on hold

Raw Story  

Three years ago, Andrea Vanek was studying to be an arts and crafts teacher when spells of dizziness and heart palpitations suddenly started to make it impossible for her to even take short walks. "We know that long COVID is a big problem," said Anita Jain, from the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme. Long COVID, she said, has turned her "life …

10,000 Long Covid patients on benefits, more may follow
2 months, 2 weeks ago

10,000 Long Covid patients on benefits, more may follow

Dutch News  

Some four years after the beginning of the Covid pandemic some 10,000 Long Covid sufferers are living on benefits because they are unable to work or work fulltime, figures from state benefits agency UWV have shown. Some 9,746 people are on invalidity benefit because of complications following an infection while another 1,246 have health problems associated with Long Covid but …

10,000 Long Covid patients on benefits, more may follow
2 months, 2 weeks ago

10,000 Long Covid patients on benefits, more may follow

Dutch News  

Some four years after the beginning of the Covid pandemic some 10,000 Long Covid sufferers are living on benefits because they are unable to work or work fulltime, figures from state benefits agency UWV have shown. Some 9,746 people are on invalidity benefit because of complications following an infection while another 1,246 have health problems associated with Long Covid but …

Long COVID is a "public health crisis for kids," experts say
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Long COVID is a "public health crisis for kids," experts say

Salon  

For years, public health experts have said that COVID-19 infections in children are “mild.” According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most common symptoms of COVID in kids are a fever and cough. “This is one of the first large-scale national studies to do research related to long COVID across the entire lifespan, with a particular …

Long Covid: New insights into symptoms, mechanisms and treatment prospects
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Long Covid: New insights into symptoms, mechanisms and treatment prospects

Hindustan Times  

Researchers from the Universities of Arizona, Oxford and Leeds examined dozens of previous studies on long Covid to investigate the number and range of people affected, the underlying disease mechanisms, the numerous symptoms that patients develop, and current and future treatments. Long Covid: New insights into symptoms, mechanisms and treatment prospects Long Covid, also known as post-Covid-19 condition, is described …

Long COVID risk has decreased but remains significant, study finds
5 months ago

Long COVID risk has decreased but remains significant, study finds

LA Times  

Connor Mayer pushes his partner, Courtney Garvin, who has long COVID, in a wheelchair in Irvine on Feb. 14, 2023. “We have people in the clinic here with long COVID, and they’re significantly affected, and some of them are profoundly disabled,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of research and development at the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System in …

Too many children with long COVID are suffering in silence. Their greatest challenge? The myth that the virus is 'harmless' for kids
6 months, 1 week ago

Too many children with long COVID are suffering in silence. Their greatest challenge? The myth that the virus is 'harmless' for kids

ABC  

Before she got sick with long COVID, Vivien* was at the top of all of her classes at school. Too many children with long COVID are being dismissed by doctors who say there's nothing they can do to help — or worse, that their pain and fatigue is "all in their head". Long COVID is "a lot more complicated and …

There is no such thing as long Covid, say health officials
9 months, 1 week ago

There is no such thing as long Covid, say health officials

The Telegraph  

Long Covid is no different from the after-effects of viruses like flu and people should stop using the term, health experts have warned. The comments follow new research by Queensland’s public health department, which studied more than 5,000 people suffering Covid-like symptoms between May and June 2022. Dr John Gerrard, Queensland’s chief health officer, said: “In health systems with highly …

Long COVID will take your health, your wealth — then it will come for your marriage
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Long COVID will take your health, your wealth — then it will come for your marriage

ABC  

Sarah* fully expected that catching COVID would be a disaster for her health. Misunderstanding, doubt, disbelief But not everyone understands how severely long COVID symptoms affect patients — and many partners, relatives and friends refuse to believe it's a "thing". But post-exertional malaise is not just "normal tiredness", says Laura Allen, telehealth manager at Emerge Australia, a non-profit support and …

Another report minimizes long COVID risk. Long haulers say the threat is being ignored
1 year, 2 months ago

Another report minimizes long COVID risk. Long haulers say the threat is being ignored

Salon  

When Erica Hayes was infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in November 2020, her symptoms were mild and she didn’t even have a cough. “No one’s telling me I will regain a quality of life that would let me get back to work.” Some in the long COVID space say it’s one of many recent attempts to minimize long COVID, which …

‘Long colds’ just as common as long Covid, say researchers
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Long colds’ just as common as long Covid, say researchers

The Telegraph  

Experts looked at data from 10,203 people taking part in the Covidence UK study into coronavirus in the population and found 1,343 had suffered a Covid infection and 472 a respiratory infection that tested negative for Covid. “Our findings shine a light not only on the impact of long Covid on people’s lives, but also other respiratory infections,” Giulia Vivaldi, …

A study in the US has brought us closer to curing long covid
1 year, 2 months ago

A study in the US has brought us closer to curing long covid

Live Mint  

Finally, the hunt for answers about long covid is yielding clues. A new study, led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Yale School of Medicine and published in Nature, defines some critical differences in certain biomarkers of people with long covid. Two new reports this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that …

Terror of long COVID remains common even as pandemic eases, data show
1 year, 3 months ago

Terror of long COVID remains common even as pandemic eases, data show

LA Times  

Courtney Gavin, who contracted COVID-19 in 2020 and developed long COVID, takes a break after using a chairlift in February. “Those who do not get a COVID-19 vaccine have an increased likelihood of developing long COVID,” CDC epidemiologist Sharon Saydah said during a recent meeting of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Those findings were detailed in a study …

Long COVID is debilitating children. Doctors worry there aren’t enough centers to treat them
1 year, 3 months ago

Long COVID is debilitating children. Doctors worry there aren’t enough centers to treat them

Salon  

When 11-year-old Jack Coviello contracted COVID-19 in January 2022, his worst symptom was a sore throat that kept him out of school for a week. It would be a full month of running tests in which doctors continued to say Jack was "fine," until his pediatrician diagnosed him with post-COVID syndrome, also known as long COVID, and referred him to …

Long COVID is devastating and far from rare. As infections rise again, why are we still ignoring it?
1 year, 4 months ago

Long COVID is devastating and far from rare. As infections rise again, why are we still ignoring it?

Salon  

On May 11, 2023, the federal public health emergency declaration for COVID-19 came to an end. The parallels between the early Parkinson's symptoms outlined above and the symptoms reported by long COVID patients are undeniable. To be blunt, this means that long COVID patients may actually be miscategorized early-stage Parkinson's patients. Related Pandemic fatigue and a lack of research dollars …

COVID-19 data shows early signs of an increase in cases
1 year, 4 months ago

COVID-19 data shows early signs of an increase in cases

Salon  

Emerging data suggests that COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are on the rise again for the first time since January 2023, though the uptick is relatively small so far. Overall, COVID cases have been on a steep decline since January, but available data shows this trend is starting to reverse. Elsewhere in the world, many countries are also enduring prolonged …

Long COVID takes heavy toll on health even as pandemic fades, study shows
1 year, 6 months ago

Long COVID takes heavy toll on health even as pandemic fades, study shows

LA Times  

Courtney Gavin, at her Irvine home in February, has been dealing with the effects of COVID-19 since March 2020 and uses a motorized lift to climb the stairs. “It’s trying to help all of us — both patients and doctors — figure out: How do we tell if someone has long COVID?” said Dr. Joann Elmore, a professor of medicine …

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms
1 year, 6 months ago

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000 Americans that aims to help unravel the mysterious condition. Early findings from the National Institutes of Health’s study highlight a dozen symptoms that most distinguish long COVID, the catchall term …

We asked, you answered: How do you feel about the end of the COVID-19 'emergency'
1 year, 6 months ago

We asked, you answered: How do you feel about the end of the COVID-19 'emergency'

NPR  

We asked, you answered: How do you feel about the end of the COVID-19 'emergency' Enlarge this image toggle caption Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency is over, lifted by both the World Health Organization and the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "I tried contacting our health …

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms
1 year, 6 months ago

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Early findings from the National Institutes of Health’s study …

What you need to know to stay safe from COVID now that the public health emergency has ended
1 year, 7 months ago

What you need to know to stay safe from COVID now that the public health emergency has ended

LA Times  

Ready or not, it’s over. And roughly three-quarters of those surveyed by KFF that same month said they believe the public health emergency’s end will either have a “positive impact” or “no impact” on the country overall. But you are in diminishing company: That March Gallup Poll found that 3% of U.S. respondents remained “very concerned” about coming down with …

Long Covid patients are being 'left to their own devices'
1 year, 7 months ago

Long Covid patients are being 'left to their own devices'

Dutch News  

Doctors and patients are calling for a national action plan to improve what they consider the failing treatment of Long Covid patients in the Netherlands, the AD reports. Jan Kluytmans, a professor of microbiology and member of the government’s Outbreak Management Team said Long Covid patients are not getting the medical answers they are after and are being ‘left to …

Long Covid patients are being 'left to their own devices'
1 year, 7 months ago

Long Covid patients are being 'left to their own devices'

Dutch News  

Doctors and patients are calling for a national action plan to improve what they consider the failing treatment of Long Covid patients in the Netherlands, the AD reports. Jan Kluytmans, a professor of microbiology and member of the government’s Outbreak Management Team said Long Covid patients are not getting the medical answers they are after and are being ‘left to …

Study finds long COVID symptoms 'on par' with influenza in vaccinated population, but infectious diseases expert raises concerns
1 year, 8 months ago

Study finds long COVID symptoms 'on par' with influenza in vaccinated population, but infectious diseases expert raises concerns

ABC  

An infectious diseases physician has urged caution over a Queensland Health study comparing the impacts of COVID-19 and influenza, saying it is "very limited" and there is a danger of "downplaying the ongoing significance of COVID". Key points: At 12 weeks, 21 per cent of people with COVID and 23 per cent of people with influenza reported ongoing symptoms according …

COVID is still out there. Here’s what to do if you get it now
1 year, 9 months ago

COVID is still out there. Here’s what to do if you get it now

LA Times  

The government is ready to declare COVID-19 over: The nationwide state of emergency is set to end on May 11. What some people term a “Paxlovid rebound” — in which they have COVID, take Paxlovid, test negative, then test positive again days or weeks later — is really a COVID rebound, Cannon said. That isn’t Paxlovid’s fault, or a sign …

Pandemic fatigue and a lack of research dollars means long COVID patients are being left behind
1 year, 9 months ago

Pandemic fatigue and a lack of research dollars means long COVID patients are being left behind

Salon  

So far this year, most metrics for measuring the COVID pandemic have been trending downward. Related Treating long COVID is rife with guesswork Some public health experts and "long hauler" advocates describe long COVID as a "mass disabling event," given the surging number of people who have become jobless or permanently disabled by COVID infection. A common form of long …

Finally, there’s hope for long COVID treatment. Here’s what it is
1 year, 9 months ago

Finally, there’s hope for long COVID treatment. Here’s what it is

Live Mint  

Ensitrelvir, a new antiviral drug, has been shown to shorten symptoms of mild to moderate COVID-19 and moreover, it has the potential to prevent long COVID, study has shown. Here's all you need to know about the drug, can it really prevent long COVID and why the experts are still skeptical about it. The study suggests that ensitrelvir has the …

Scientists hope viruses hiding out in patients hold answers to long COVID
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists hope viruses hiding out in patients hold answers to long COVID

LA Times  

Tracking microbes through a malodorous network of sewer lines led virologist Marc Johnson to the source of unusual coronavirus mutants. And during that time, the mutations showed the virus was “running like hell,” trying to evade the person’s immune system, Johnson said. The coronavirus may also be hiding out in long-lived nerve cells and heart muscle, where it may drive …

What do we know about long COVID, how are patients faring and what's next for Australia?
1 year, 10 months ago

What do we know about long COVID, how are patients faring and what's next for Australia?

ABC  

Before COVID-19 ripped through the population in the summer of 2021, relatively few Australians were acquainted with the term "long COVID". Anthony Byrne, who leads the long COVID clinic at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, said the current consensus of the definition was that patients had to have: probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection persistent symptoms for at least 12 weeks, …

Long Covid symptoms fading for mild coronavirus infections, says new study
1 year, 11 months ago

Long Covid symptoms fading for mild coronavirus infections, says new study

Hindustan Times  

The effects of long Covid tend to resolve within a year of mild infection, with vaccinated people at lower risk of breathing difficulties compared with unvaccinated people, according to a study. Long Covid symptoms fading for mild coronavirus infections, says new study Researchers examined the health records of almost 2 million people in Israel who tested for Covid-19 over a …

Even after mild cases of COVID, long COVID symptoms can linger for a year or more
1 year, 11 months ago

Even after mild cases of COVID, long COVID symptoms can linger for a year or more

LA Times  

Barry Bwalya is helped by his wife, Barbara, at King George Hospital in London. A study of nearly 2 million patients in Israel offers new insights into the trajectory of long COVID, particularly for younger, healthier people whose COVID-19 cases were mild. “Things like cardiac arrhythmias, problems with memory, concentration — all these types of symptoms not only are problematic …

Long COVID at 12 months persists at 18 months: Study
2 years, 2 months ago

Long COVID at 12 months persists at 18 months: Study

Hindustan Times  

Most patients with COVID-19 who have lingering symptoms at 12 months are likely to still have symptoms at 18 months, new data suggest. Long COVID at 12 months persists at 18 months: Study The findings are drawn from a large study of 33,281 people in Scotland who tested positive for the coronavirus. Among a subset of 197 survivors of symptomatic …

17 million in EU may have suffered long COVID, WHO says
2 years, 3 months ago

17 million in EU may have suffered long COVID, WHO says

LA Times  

Long COVID patient Gary Miller, left, receives treatment from physiotherapist Joan Del Arco at the Long COVID Clinic at King George Hospital in Ilford, London. At least 17 million people in the European Union may have experienced long COVID symptoms during the first two years of the pandemic, with women more likely than men to suffer from the condition, the …

New research initiative will focus on root causes of long COVID
2 years, 3 months ago

New research initiative will focus on root causes of long COVID

LA Times  

Nancy Rose of Port Jefferson, N.Y., grappled with fatigue, memory loss and other long COVID symptoms months after coming down with the virus. A new research initiative will explore whether the persistence of coronavirus in the body plays a role in the development of long COVID, a poorly understood syndrome in which symptoms can last for months or even years …

Long Covid: The good and bad news
2 years, 3 months ago

Long Covid: The good and bad news

Hindustan Times  

Every day, Jan Niklas Lehmann must carefully plan how he spends his energy. According to the latest research, Lehmann is one of the unlucky ones — one of a very small number of people whose neurological symptoms last long after a Covid infection. For the moment, we don't know exactly how many people like Lehmann are suffering from neurological symptoms …

Nine in 10 people hospitalised with covid have symptoms a year later
2 years, 3 months ago

Nine in 10 people hospitalised with covid have symptoms a year later

Dutch News  

Nearly all patients admitted to hospital with Covid still suffer symptoms a year after being infected, according to new research published in The Lancet on Thursday. Erasmus MC, Rijndam Rehabilitation and care institution Laurens conducted a study of 650 patients who were admitted to a hospital in the Rijnmond region with coronavirus between July 2020 and July 2021. Earlier research …

Nine in 10 people hospitalised with covid have symptoms a year later
2 years, 3 months ago

Nine in 10 people hospitalised with covid have symptoms a year later

Dutch News  

Nearly all patients admitted to hospital with Covid still suffer symptoms a year after being infected, according to new research published in The Lancet on Thursday. Erasmus MC, Rijndam Rehabilitation and care institution Laurens conducted a study of 650 patients who were admitted to a hospital in the Rijnmond region with coronavirus between July 2020 and July 2021. Earlier research …

Fears of more long COVID, a ‘mass disabling event’ as variants rip through California
2 years, 4 months ago

Fears of more long COVID, a ‘mass disabling event’ as variants rip through California

LA Times  

Jacki Graham, a 64-year-old long COVID survivor, sits for a photo outside her home in Los Angeles on Jan. 20. Some factors that put patients at higher risk of long COVID include being overweight, high blood pressure or heart disease, said Dr. Nisha Viswanathan, director of the UCLA Health Long COVID Program. So I think anyone who says COVID only …

More Australians are looking for help with long COVID. But we're not tracking the numbers
2 years, 6 months ago

More Australians are looking for help with long COVID. But we're not tracking the numbers

ABC  

Melbourne teacher Caroline Hewson's household was hit by COVID-19 in January, when Victoria saw a massive spike in Omicron infections. "So I'd be saying, I would have thought currently and in recent months, many tens of thousands of Australians definitely will have had long COVID," he said. "There's been a huge increase in the number of people seeking trusted information …

There Are Millions Of People Who Can't Just 'Move On' From COVID
2 years, 6 months ago

There Are Millions Of People Who Can't Just 'Move On' From COVID

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A little more than two years after COVID-19 first entered our lives, most Americans are eager to get back to normal ― or at least “normal-ish.” As of today, 77.2% of Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 66.1% are fully vaccinated, according to the Bloomberg News global vaccine tracker. “As a …

Explained | Long COVID impacts quality of life for two years after infection: Lancet study
2 years, 7 months ago

Explained | Long COVID impacts quality of life for two years after infection: Lancet study

The Hindu  

The story so far Months after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in the world outside China, concerns about persistent symptoms post infection cropped up. Technically, post Covid defines symptoms that persist four weeks after infection and Long Covid, 12 weeks past a COVID-19 infection. The study, perhaps for the first time, described Long COVID for the longest time …

2 years after infection, half of Covid survivors show at least 1 symptom: Lancet study
2 years, 7 months ago

2 years after infection, half of Covid survivors show at least 1 symptom: Lancet study

India Today  

Two years after infection, half of the Covid survivors who were hospitalised reported at least one symptom, a follow-up study by The Lancet medical journal said. "Regardless of initial disease severity, Covid-19 survivors had longitudinal improvements in physical and mental health, with most returning to their original work within two years; however, the burden of symptomatic sequelae remained fairly high. …

This is SERIOUS! 50 per cent hospitalised COVID patients continue to suffer after 2 years
2 years, 7 months ago

This is SERIOUS! 50 per cent hospitalised COVID patients continue to suffer after 2 years

India TV News  

Two years after infection with Covid-19, half of the patients who were admitted to the hospital still have at least one symptom, according to the study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. This is especially the case for participants with long Covid, who typically still have at least one symptom including fatigue, shortness of breath, and sleep difficulties two years …

More than half of early Covid-19 patients at one hospital had symptoms two years later, study finds
2 years, 7 months ago

More than half of early Covid-19 patients at one hospital had symptoms two years later, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Even two years after their initial infection, the majority of people who were hospitalized with Covid-19 early in the pandemic had lingering symptoms, according to a new study that may be one of the longest and largest on record to follow people with long Covid. Dr. Devang Sanghavi, a critical care specialist who does research on long Covid …

It Makes Total Sense if You Still Don’t Want to Get COVID
2 years, 8 months ago

It Makes Total Sense if You Still Don’t Want to Get COVID

Slate  

Some of the most powerful and highly visible people in the country are gathering and celebrating—and getting sick—as though the coronavirus is no longer a threat. Prominent commentators like Leana Wen have framed the dinner as an example of success during a pandemic: The event went on as normal, people had fun, and as expected, people tested positive, no one …

30 per cent Covid patients develop 'Long COVID': US study
2 years, 8 months ago

30 per cent Covid patients develop 'Long COVID': US study

Firstpost  

Los Angeles: As many as 30 per cent people infected with COVID-19 developed Long COVID, a set of symptoms that persist for months beyond the initial phase of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a study conducted in the US. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles in the US found that people with a history of hospitalisation, diabetes, and …

30 per cent Covid patients develop long Covid: US study finds
2 years, 8 months ago

30 per cent Covid patients develop long Covid: US study finds

Hindustan Times  

As many as 30 per cent people infected with COVID-19 developed Long COVID, a set of symptoms that persist for months beyond the initial phase of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a study conducted in the US. Of the 309 people with long COVID studied, the most persistent symptoms were fatigue and shortness of breath Researchers from the University of …

Why do some people not catch COVID? What do we know about long COVID? Here are some of your common questions answered
2 years, 8 months ago

Why do some people not catch COVID? What do we know about long COVID? Here are some of your common questions answered

ABC  

Every month the ABC receives thousands of questions about COVID-19 from our readers, and this month has been no exception. Many of you have asked questions about the new BA.2 Omicron variant, and why some people just don't seem to catch COVID-19 despite being exposed. "Some people might generate an immune response that just makes better antibodies … and we …

Is There Any Way To Reduce Your Risk Of Long COVID If You Get Sick?
2 years, 9 months ago

Is There Any Way To Reduce Your Risk Of Long COVID If You Get Sick?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Over the past two years, it’s become more and more difficult to dodge COVID-19, especially as the virus has mutated to become more contagious. Because doctors are still researching what causes long COVID in the first place, we don’t have any treatments specifically designed to prevent long COVID. ArtistGNDphotography via Getty Images The best way to reduce …

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