How long to quarantine after a positive COVID-19 test? The CDC define the difference between quarantine and isolation as: Quarantine: You need to be in quarantine when you have been exposed to the virus and you may or may not be infected. Isolation: You need to isolate when you are infe...
EMILY WINSON, Ohio: After having COVID, the first time and recovering fine, I assumed that having it again wouldn’t be a problem, because I had been OK during my first?infection. And I couldn’t have been more wrong. Now I have these?debilitating symptoms. And there’s not treatment...
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was some speculation about whether kids could catch or spread COVID-19. It is now well-known that kids can and do get sick with COVID-19. And they spread it just like anyone else—possibly even more so. Read on to learn more about how...
An analysis for Reuters conducted by Seattle-based health data firm Truveta showed that patients with long COVID were nearly twice as likely to receive a first-time antidepressant prescription within 90 days of their initial COVID diagnosis compared with people diagnosed with COVID a...
People who have COVID-19 can experience symptoms for months. Studies on long COVID in the population lack representative samples and longitudinal data focusing on new-onset symptoms occurring with COVID while accounting for pre-infection symptoms. We use
At this point, you probably have the COVID basics down and know how to lower your risk of getting sick and all about testing options. But the disease has changed since it first turned the world upside down in 2020 and, with it, it’s only natural to have questions now like, “how ...
Evidence continues to accumulate regarding the potential long-term health consequences of COVID-19 in the population. To distinguish between COVID-19-related symptoms and health limitations from those caused by other conditions, it is essential to compare cases with community controls using prospective...
Phil Sansom heard from another long COVID patient, Barbara Melville. Her account is similar to Paul's from earlier in the programme, but with some interesting differences...
The objective of this systematic review and meta-analyses is to estimate the prevalence of long-COVID in children and adolescents and to present the full spectrum of symptoms present after acute COVID-19. We have used PubMed and Embase to identify observ
What an experience as we rounded up 2022 and welcome 2023 with the easing of pandemic regulations, open borders without quarantine, ongoing covid infections,