Reduced brain volume in people who have experienced COVID-19 resembles brain changes typically seen in older adults. The implications of these findings are not yet clear.
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Articles on Long COVID
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Want to avoid long COVID? Get vaccinated.
One study suggests getting vaccinated halves the risk of developing long COVID.
Children can get long COVID, but it seems to be less common than in adults. And they tend to recover quicker.
Fewer than 2% of children with COVID-19 still had symptoms after eight weeks.
COVID-19 cases in Mexico are approaching the highest levels seen during the second wave in late January 2021, with about 22,000 new infections a day. A slow vaccine rollout is stunting progress.
Researchers are piecing together clues to better understand the puzzling array of symptoms in those who never seem to fully recover from COVID-19.
It seems things have shifted slightly since earlier in the pandemic. A growing proportion of people hospitalised with the Delta strain are aged in their 30s or 40s.
While the Scottish government is funding long COVID research projects, specific funding has yet to be provided to develop assessment and rehabilitation services for the condition.
Patients with more symptoms during initial infection – particularly breathlessness, chest pain or abnormal heart sounds – appear more likely to experience lasting illness.
With the impact and cost of long COVID becoming ever more apparent, ongoing pandemic responses will need to be about protecting quality of life as much as saving lives.
How investigation into long COVID will help us create treatments.
COVID-19 will always be a very different disease to the flu. We should aim to stamp it out like measles, not let it spread.
Researchers around the world are using new and existing technology to develop potential treatments for those with COVID-19. Here’s what’s in development in Australia.
While we don’t know exactly what causes it yet, there are a few leading theories put forward by researchers around the world.
Nathalie MacDermott was a regular on BBC News, Sky New and ITV. Then COVID broke out at her hospital.
Emerging evidence suggests a significant number of children develop long COVID, with symptoms lasting for months on end.
‘Long COVID’ – in which people have symptoms lasting more than a few weeks – is turning out to be very common. People hospitalized for COVID-19 are at highest risk, but they aren’t alone.
We will have no idea of the full toll of the pandemic unless we account for those who haven’t yet recovered from COVID-19.
Long-lasting symptoms appear unrelated to how bad your infection was, though women appear more affected than men.
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Professor of Public Health, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor, Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University
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Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor and Chief Health Officer - COVID and Health Emergencies, Burnet Institute
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Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Genomic Epidemiology and Hon Consultant Rheumatologist, King's College London
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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McMaster University
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Associate Clinical Professor, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Health Studies, University of Westminster
