Long Covid Statistics

Fresh data show that long COVID in children is more common than previously thought, while symptoms — particularly gastrointestinal — can differ from adults'.

Long Covid has a major effect on the personal lives of sufferers because they are unable to participate fully in normal social activities, according to research published on Wednesday by the public health institute RIVM. A large proportion are unable to go to school or work as they should and many report limits to their social lives, the research by the disaster health network GOR showed. The lack of energy patients suffer also restricts their interaction with friends and family...

Many people with Long Covid are unable to fully participate in society. The persisting symptoms, especially a lack of energy, impact their ability to attend school or work and affect their social relationships, the RIVM reported after its twelfth quarterly survey on the topic of Long Covid.

Researchers found that post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) symptoms persist in a significant number of both SARS-CoV-2 positive and negative emergency department patients, highlighting the non-specific nature of the WHO’s PCC criteria.

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - Long COVID demographic and secondary care referral characteristics in primary care: analysis of anonymised primary care data from a multiethnic, deprived...

The National Academies’ Committee on Population, in collaboration with the National Institute on Aging, initiated this public workshop to bring together an interdisciplinary group of experts to discuss trends in disability and disabling morbidity among the U.S. working age population (ages 25-64). The workshop will identify key research and data priorities regarding:

Millions of people around the world have been hit by long COVID. And, in addition to the negative health effects, patients also suffer a financial hit that could impact future generations, a new study reveals.

Pupil absence in secondary schools is likely to remain above pre-pandemic levels, at least until those who began secondary school during the pandemic have left school. Stephen Gibbons, Sandra McNal…

Immunologists push for increase in testing and more widespread vaccine booster rollout as new variant, XEC, emerges

More than 270,000 people have developed the aftereffects of Covid-19 over the past four years. Still, a lawmaker pointed out that no government ministries manage them.Rep. Baek Jong-heon of the ruling People Power Party said Thursday that the number of patients with chronic Covid-19 syndrome increas

This year’s party conference is taking place in a city where Covid and austerity have led to high levels of economic inactivity

As a result of L3C, federal reviewers identified multiple machine learning models that can be used to identify patients at risk for developing Long COVID. Many of the teams used approaches in their submissions which can be applied to future clinical prediction questions.

She is part of an administration that many advocates believe turned its back on COVID. Still, some see more hope in a potential Harris presidency.

Supporting inclusion for workers with Long COVID requires rethinking many long-standing practices. But it can—and must—be done.

Young, disabled, homeless students and English learners are coming back too slowly from...

We have been jolted back to the dark days of 2020 this week, as the former chief nurses of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland gave their evidence to the Covid Inquiry.

As society learns to live with COVID-19, research on the disease and its complications remains important. Thus, an Osaka Metropolitan University team has pored through data to understand the incidence ...

An increasing number of people are suffering from symptoms of Long Covid even after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Tuesday. Lauterbach warned that people are still falling ill with the disease - even as public attention on Covid-19 fades into the background. He made his remarks during a round table discussion on Long Covid in Berlin on Tuesday with medical and scientific experts, "Millions of people will become infected with Covid again this w

A new study from Kennedy Krieger Institute shows that the majority of children diagnosed with long COVID are likely to experience orthostatic intolerance (OI), a condition that causes the body to struggle with regulating blood pressure and heart rate when standing up.

Figures in the US and the UK may remain high until 2033

A NEW €2million project to study the health effects of Long Covid has been welcomed. The European Commission Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides announced the details this week in Brussels. And s…

Findings from the Office for National Statistics found that 168,000 people had long COVID as of March 2024.

After months of insisting that the pandemic is over and dismantling what limited public health measures remained, all levels of government are now working to keep the public in the dark about an upswing in COVID cases and are keeping the lid on data that reveals the dangers of contracting Long COVID.

Neither the FDA, nor the vaccine manufacturers, nor the capitalist politicians saw any urgency in protecting the public from the newly evolved SARS-CoV-2 strains.

The substantial increase in graduates going straight from university to long-term sickness is driven by mental illness, a new report finds.

A publication bringing together new and previously published estimates of long COVID prevalence in Scotland.

Concerns rise over long-term effects of 'Long COVID' in India as global research highlights potential health complications post-infection.

A publication bringing together new and previously published estimates of long COVID prevalence in Scotland.

“Even to a non-statistician like myself there appear to be some problems with this study.”