veterans who had COVID-19 early in the pandemic, compared with those of nearly 6 million veterans who didn't test positive. Scientists used new diagnoses of health issues, lab results and prescription records to track 77 health problems that emerged starting a month after getting COVID-19....
The government should not go back to bureaucratic normal after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Dealing with the nation’s health-related problems, from the opioid crisis to homelessness to the challenges of aging, require budgeting to be flexible and agencies to collaborate. Governments at all l...
"Nearly one million U.S. lives have been lost to COVID-19, and there have been almost five million hospitalizations," said the report. "We believe the pandemic's sustained impact on the nation's mental health is unprecedented."■
COVID-19 Social isolation Lockdown Mental health Students 1. Introduction The current coronavirus pandemic has been affecting countries all over the world since March 2020, forcing governments to put citizens into lockdown. Among growing concerns of the effects of isolation on mental health (Castro-...
Relationship issues, economic problems, violence and suicidal ideation, however, were less prevalent than before the pandemic. This pattern was apparent both during the first wave and during subsequent COVID-19 waves. Issues linked directly to the pandemic therefore seem to have replaced rather than...
Nersesjan V, Fonsmark L, Christensen RHB, et al. Neuropsychiatric and cognitive outcomes in patients 6 months after COVID-19 requiring hospitalization compared with matched control patients hospitalized for non–COVID-19 illness. JAMA Psychiatry. 2022;79(5):486-497. doi:10.1001/ja...
Long-term effects of COVID-19 have been widely reported and are an increasing concern. A previous study (by the same researchers) reporting outcomes from 1,733 hospitalized COVID-19 survivors after six months found that around three-quarters of patients had persistent health problems. The new ...
Child abuse-related emergency department (ED) visits dropped during the COVID-19 outbreak; however, the severity of injuries among child abuse-related ED visits has increased and resulted in more hospitalizations. Child abuse can lead to immediate emotional and psychological problems and is also an...
But death and hospitalisation aren't the only outcomes of COVID-19 we need to prevent. New research shows evenyoung peoplecan be left withchronic health problemsafter infection. COVID-19 will always be a very different disease to the flu. We should aim to stamp it out like measles, not ...
This chart shows the percentage of U.S. adults showing symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.