Long COVID Press

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December 2020
Davis, N. (16 Dec 2020) Long covid alarm as 21% report symptoms after five weeks. The Guardian.

Nature - Editorial - Meeting the challenge of long COVID Nat Med 26, 1803 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-01177-6 "In formulating the response of the healthcare system to the COVID-19 pandemic, the true toll of the chronic consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection must be uncovered and strategies must be devised for providing integrated care to those with long-term illness."

The Lancet - Editorial - Facing up to long COVID ''“What are the diagnoses, definitions, and phenotypes of illness that are grouped under the term long COVID? How long does it last? Who is at risk of serious or prolonged sequelae? What are the underlying causes and mechanisms? How do we prevent or reduce the effects of such sequelae on patient health and wellbeing? Are there any effective treatments to aid patient recovery and the regain of full function? What rehabilitation is needed? ... Robust data and scientific evidence are essential to answer these questions. Large and long-term cohort studies are urgently needed to help better understand the trajectory, complications, and biological mechanisms that drive the long-term health consequences of COVID-19.”''

BMJ - Confronting the Pathophysiology of Long COVID ''“...moving forward our goals must move beyond the observational to the interventional. Achieving this will need some hard thinking to decode aetiological mechanisms in a confounding condition that seems to move around the body...”''

Geddes, L. (1 December 2020) Is long Covid contagious and can children get it?: your questions answered The Guardian Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/is-long-covid-contagious-and-can-children-get-it-your-questions-answered [Accessed: 5 December 2020]

November 2020
Ernst, J (25 Nov 2020) Q&A: Neurological symptoms of COVID-19 remain an ‘evolving story’  Healio Neurology

September 2020
Tweedy J. (17 Sep 2020). Healthcare workers with 'long Covid' say 'we can't all be making it up' as they reveal how they're suffering from brain fog and fatigue that's left one medic in bed months after her first symptoms Daily Mail.

August 2020
Alwan N. A. (13August 2020) A negative COVID-19 test does not mean recovery. Nature Vol 584, 170doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02335-z Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02335-z[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Morton R. (1-7 August 2020) Lost function: Long-term consequences of surviving coronavirus. The Saturday Paper No 312 Available from: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/2020/08/01/lost-function-long-term-consequences-surviving-coronavirus/159620400010189[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Yamey G. Taylor S.(11 August 2020) We Need to Take Care of the Growing Number of Long-Term COVID-19 Patients. Time. Available from: https://time.com/5878448/longterm-covid19-recognition-research/[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

July 2020
Mahase E. (14 July 2020) Covid-19: What do we know about “long covid”? BMJ370:m2815doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2815Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2815[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Couzin-Frankel J (31 July 2020) From ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists. Science doi:10.1126/science.abe1147 Available from: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/brain-fog-heart-damage-covid-19-s-lingering-problems-alarm-scientists[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Alwan N. A. (28 July 2020) Nisreen A Alwan: What exactly is mild covid-19? BMJ Opinion Available from: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/07/28/nisreen-a-alwan-what-exactly-is-mild-covid-19/[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Pugh R. (21 July 2020) Medics With 'Long COVID' Call for Clinical Recognition. Medscape Available from: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/934287[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Lokugamage A. U. Taylor S. Rayner C. (10 July 2020) Patients’ experiences of “longcovid” are missing from the NHS narrative. BMJ Opinion Available from:https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/07/10/patients-experiences-of-longcovid-are-missing-from-the-nhs-narrative/[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

June 2020
Garner, P. (23 June 2020) Paul Garner: Covid-19 at 14 weeks—phantom speed cameras, unknown limits, and harsh penalties. BMJ Opinion Available from: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/06/23/paul-garner-covid-19-at-14-weeks-phantom-speed-cameras-unknown-limits-and-harsh-penalties/[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Bogaert, D. (28 June 2020) The coronavirus 'long-haulers' show how little we still know. The Guardian Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/28/coronavirus-long-haulers-infectious-disease-testing[Accessed: 25August 2020]

Rayner C. Lokugamage A. U. Molokhia M. (23 June 2020) Covid-19: Prolonged and relapsing course of illness has implications for returning workers. BMJ Opinion Available from:https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/06/23/covid-19-prolonged-and-relapsing-course-of-illness-has-implications-for-returning-workers/?fbclid=IwAR2NhzxmHEMx3oK450Wo8ZC8rfkAKBwbF6F1XF6JBp-_WuriqH-__uY-RpU[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

May 2020
Tanner C. (21 May 2020) The people who can't shake off coronavirus: 'Week nine and I'm exhausted and back to being bed bound' iNews Available from:https://inews.co.uk/news/coronavirus-covid-19-symptoms-uk-latest-fatigue-breathlessness-long-term-effects-429493[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Harding, L (15 May 2020) 'Weird as hell’: the Covid-19 patients who have symptoms for months. The Guardian Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/weird-hell-professor-advent-calendar-covid-19-symptoms-paul-garner[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Garner, P. (5 May 2020) Paul Garner: For 7 weeks I have been through a roller coaster of ill health, extreme emotions, and utter exhaustion. BMJ Opinion Available from: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/05/05/paul-garner-people-who-have-a-more-protracted-illness-need-help-to-understand-and-cope-with-the-constantly-shifting-bizarre-symptoms/[Accessed: 16 August 2020]

Garner P. (19 May 2020) Paul Garner: Covid-19 and fatigue—a game of snakes and ladders. BMJ Opinion Available from: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/05/19/paul-garner-covid-19-and-fatigue-a-game-of-snakes-and-ladders/[Accessed: 16 August 2020]