Long COVID plagues many 5 years after pandemic declaration

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Long COVID: A lasting ‘public health crisis’ after pandemic

Five years after the pandemic started, 2 million people still need treatment for long COVID. Doctors say there’s much yet to learn about the condition.

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Long COVID plagues many 5 years after pandemic declaration

Julie Talamo said it took a full year following her COVID diagnosis to discover her lingering symptoms were long COVID.

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A half-decade after COVID-19, Queen's grapples with lost traditions

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. The next day, Queen’s University made the decision to cancel all in-person classes.

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Around 23% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, between 2021 and 2023, developed long Covid and in more than half the symptoms persisted for two years, a new investigation has concluded. The study further concluded that the risk of developing the condition depends on several factors. For the study, available in BMC Medicine, the scientists followed 2,764 adults from Catalonia, Spain. Everyone answered three questionnaires, between 2020 and 2023, …

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23% (i.e. almost one in four) of patients who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2021 developed persistent covid and more than half (56%) continued to suffer symptoms until two years later, according to the largest Spanish study on this disease, which has been carried out by ISGlobal (a center promoted by the La Caixa Foundation) in collaboration with the German Research Institute Trias i Pujol (IGTP).

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Long-COVID Symptoms May Persist for Up to Two Years Following COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the landscape of global health, revealing profound insights into the long-term consequences of viral infections. A recent study conducted by ISGlobal, in collaboration with the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, has shed light on the alarming prevalence of long-COVID among individuals who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the years 2021 to 2023. The findings, published in the journal BMC Medicine, ind…