Hospitals and Healthcare

While the long-term risk from a current infection is 10 times less than it was in 2020-21, a lot of people are still suffering after getting Covid early in the pandemic

The lowest scores were generally seen in people who had infections earlier in the pandemic, before vaccines and antiviral treatments were available.

Millions of people deal with Covid-19 symptoms long after their initial infections. Two new studies – one looking at pregnant people and the other on children – give a better look at the burden from this health problem that doctors say often goes under the radar.

New research shows that for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence, each was exacerbated by the other and services were inadequate.

A subgroup of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 remain symptomatic over three months after infection. A distinctive symptom of patients with long COVID is post-exertional malaise, which is associated with a worsening of fatigue- and pain-related symptoms after acute mental or physical exercise, but its underlying pathophysiology is unclear. With this longitudinal case-control study (NCT05225688), we provide new insights into the pathophysiology of post-exertional malaise in patients with long COVID. We show that skeletal muscle structure is associated with a lower exercise capacity in patients, and local and systemic metabolic disturbances, severe exercise-induced myopathy and tissue infiltration of amyloid-containing deposits in skeletal muscles of patients with long COVID worsen after induction of post-exertional malaise. This study highlights novel pathways that help to understand the pathophysiology of post-exertional malaise in patients suffering from long COVID and other post-infectious diseases. In this longitudinal, case-controlled, cohort design study, authors show that post-exertional malaise is associated with severe exercise-induced myopathy, local and systemic metabolic disturbances and infiltration of amyloid-containing deposits in skeletal muscles of patients with long COVID.

Participants recorded short videos about their daily lives, focusing on their symptoms, how they were coping, and any lifestyle changes they were making.

What began as pins and needles in his feet quickly left 43-year-old Mackay man Matthew Dillon entirely dependent on his partner and unable to work.

People who survived Covid-19 early in the pandemic, before there were vaccines, continued to be at higher risk for a slew of health problems for up to two years after they got over their initial infections, a new study finds, and that was especially true if they were hospitalized.

Everyday tasks, such as washing your hair, become impossible.

A study shows that people who reported long-covid symptoms for at least 12 weeks after an infection performed poorly in memory, reasoning and motor control tests.

The end of the coronavirus public health emergency has left long-covid patients fearful they will be forgotten.

The term ‘long COVID’ should be ditched, according research by Queensland’s chief health officer that found no evidence that COVID-19 is more likely to inflict long-term impairment than the flu.

Tim Stannard says he's had long COVID for four years and can no longer hold down a job. Experts say patients feel let down by the government's response to a parliamentary inquiry into long the disease, calling it a "missed opportunity".

New cases seem to be less common nowadays, but that change is not as comforting as it sounds.

For most people, long COVID means not getting better after a COVID infection. So how has long COVID changed throughout the pandemic, and how likely are you to get it with this infection?

Chronic illness has a way of picking apart your mind and breaking your heart.

Newer variants are less likely to cause debilitating and long-lasting COVID symptoms – but those who caught the earlier versions are still suffering.

Genes, environment and lifestyle are some of the risk factors for serious diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. This is why scientists believe COVID-19 infection should be added to the list, writes Catherine Taylor.

Older people are less likely to be diagnosed but more likely to experience certain kinds of illnesses, research suggests.

Lingering COVID symptoms can make day-to-day life far from easy. While treatments are limited, smart dietary strategies can help manage your overall health and immune system.