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Long Covid symptoms persist for up to 18 months

October 16, 2022

British Reporter — One in 20 people are still feeling the effects of Covid-19 between six and 18 months after infection with coronavirus, a study shows.The ongoing study, called Long-CISS (Covid in Scotland Study), found that almost six per cent of people who caught Covid-19 had not recovered, while 42 per cent reported feeling only partially better according to University

Distress before COVID-19 infection increases risk of long COVID by 45%

Psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress, and loneliness, before COVID-19

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September 11, 2022

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More than 10 million children were affected by COVID-19-associated parental and caregiver deaths

British Reporter — According to a new modelling study, published in JAMA

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September 8, 2022

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Higher rate of COVID-19 death before vaccination linked to certain common inflammatory immune conditions

British Reporter– People with certain inflammatory immune conditions affecting the joints, bowel and

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June 13, 2022

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False claims about COVID-19 must be repeatedly debunked, study finds

British Reporter — Researchers at the University of Toronto, Dartmouth College, the University of Exeter and the University of Kent have found that fact checking can quickly correct misperceptions about COVID-19 – but that beliefs in wrong information often return.

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February 6, 2022

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Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities adversely affected by COVID-19 lockdowns

British Reporter — Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns.

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February 4, 2022

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Is Omicron really ‘milder’? Not exactly.

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant’s “milder” outcomes are likely due to more population immunity rather than the virus’ properties, according to a paper by William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Roby Bhattacharyya, assistant professor

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February 3, 2022

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It’s Day 6 of Covid, and a Rapid Antigen Test Comes Back Positive. Stay Home, Say Virologists.

British Reporter — What does it mean if a person’s rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to covid-19? According to the experts, that person is most likely still carrying a viral load high enough to

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February 1, 2022

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Willing but unable to get COVID shot

British Reporter — Study of racial, ethnic disparities in vaccine rates suggests mistrust of system plays role but unequal access may be greater culprit in U.S. People of color in the U.S. and U.K. were up to three times likelier than white people

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February 1, 2022

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For child care programs, masking helped minimize closures, study shows

British Reporter — A new Yale study found that child care programs in the United States that practiced child masking early in the COVID-19 pandemic (May-June 2020) experienced a 13% reduction in program closure within the following year, and continued child masking

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February 1, 2022

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Clues to post-COVID-19 brain fog

Some patients who develop new cognitive symptoms after a mild bout of COVID-19 have abnormalities in their cerebrospinal fluid similar to those found in people with other infectious diseases. The finding may provide insights into how SARS-CoV-2 impacts the brain.

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January 29, 2022

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Why do more men die of COVID? It’s likely not what you think

GenderSci Lab finds social factors, not biological difference between sexes, play biggest role by far. Researchers agree that men die of COVID at a higher rate than women, but they haven’t been sure why. A new Harvard GenderSci Lab study of more than

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January 22, 2022

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How the Pandemic may Affect Baby’s Brain

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on so many people in so many ways. For babies born during this pandemic, a study published in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that the damage has potential to be lifelong.

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January 22, 2022

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Attention and memory deficits persist for months after recovery from mild Covid

British Reporter — Researchers from Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology and Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have shown that people who have had Covid but don’t complain of long Covid symptoms in daily life nevertheless can show degraded attention and memory for

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January 22, 2022

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