"Post‐acute sequelae of SARS‐CoV‐2," also referred to as Long COVID, is difficult to understand based on the various bodily systems that can be affected. Respondents with Long COVID reported difficulty with the vast and pervasive number of symptoms experienced, along with the lack of help...
(HealthDay)—Serious "long COVID" symptoms could qualify as a disability and make patients eligible for federal assistance, President Joe Biden said Monday.
Verduzco-Gutierrez works primarily with Covid patients, including Ramey and Bryand, through the long Covid clinic she established in 2020. She also spends a lot of her time on disability applications. Of the long Covid patients she has seen, only 2 out of 50 who have applied for SSDI ha...
Long Covid has put an estimated 2 million to 4 million Americans ages 18 to 65 out of work, according torecent researchfrom the Brookings Institution. Those lost wages may add up to around $170 billion per year, and potentially as much as $230 billion, the nonprofit public policy organizat...
While most individuals who contract the coronavirus recover in a couple of weeks, COVID-19 “long-haulers” can experience serious symptoms, sometimes for weeks or months after their initial COVID-19 infection. These symptoms may include: ...
Long Covid should be “urgently recognised” as a disability to give workers access to legal protection and compensation, the TUC has said. Research by the union found just over half of people who suffer long Covid symptoms experienced some form of workplace discrimination or disadvantage ...
With the outbreak of the COVID-19, China had to declare a public health emergency within a short time. In order to control and prevent further spread of the disease, China activated the highest emergency response level and has been implementing many draconian measures based on the Law on Prev...
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(HealthDay)—Ambulatory disability and older age are associated with worse clinical severity of COVID-19, including death, among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online March 19 in JAMA Neurology.
COVID-19 has affected all countries. Its containment represents a unique challenge for India due to a large population (>1.38 billion) across a wide range of population densities. Assessment of the COVID-19 disease burden is required to put the disease impact into context and support future pa...