Yoga, mud baths and liver compresses… Welcome to the world of luxury wellness and long Covid. Amelia Tait reports on the extreme wealth divide in the search for a cureUnderneath the shadow of the snow-topped Austrian Alps, in front of a forest of thick…
Severe Covid infection doubles chances of dying in following year, study finds
Research suggests serious bouts of illness with coronavirus may significantly damage long-term healthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePatients who survive severe Covid are more than twice as likely to die over the following y…
To help people with long COVID, scientists need to define it
Patients with the perplexing syndrome have reported 200 different symptoms.
A year later, 45% of COVID patients in Wuhan still have symptoms
Fatigue, sweating, chest tightness, anxiety and myalgia were most common.
Covid: 37% of people have symptoms six months after infection
A large study reveals the scale of long Covid, with symptoms affected by sex, age and severity of infection Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne in three people infected with coronavirus will experience at least one symptom o…
12% of English pupils report continuing Covid symptoms weeks after infection
Secondary school students and staff describe persistent problems that point to scale of long CovidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than one in 10 pupils and over a third of school staff with Covid continued to suffer sym…
‘Hidden pandemic’: Peruvian children in crisis as carers die
With 93,000 children in Peru losing a parent to Covid, many face depression, anxiety and povertyWhen Covid-19 began shutting down Nilda López’s vital organs, doctors decided that the best chance of saving her and her unborn baby was to put her into a c…
When it comes to breakthrough cases, are we ignoring long Covid once again? | Hannah Davis
We are told not to worry about breakthrough cases because they are ‘mild’ – but long Covid is anything but mildOn 1 May, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped tracking breakthrough infections that did not lead to hospitalization or …
‘Thanks for your help, Sticky’: Michael Rosen on learning to walk again after Covid
His traumatic experience with coronavirus inspired the author’s new children’s book – about the ‘friend’ he leaned onIt was the tweet that let the world know Michael Rosen was back on form and on the mend. “My wheelchair days are over. Stick now. Stick…