86% of UK residents who tested positive for COVID-19 during lockdown did not have the specific virus symptoms (cough, and/or fever, and/or loss of taste/smell), finds a new study by UCL researchers. The authors say a more widespread testing programme is needed to catch 'silent' transmi...
Loss of smell or taste is one of many symptoms of COVID-19, and people respond in different ways to infection (something we’re working hard to understand from the data we’re collecting). It’s important to remember that the common cold and other respiratory infections can also make you ...
What are treatment options for COVID-19 infections? Fortunately, to date (January 2021), there is now an antiviral drug and vaccines to treat this infection. Symptom relief and supportive care (many requiring hospital care and some need ventilator respiratory support) are also part of the curren...
Acute symptoms of COVID-19, such as cough, fever and shortness of breath, are now widely known. What is not known, however, is what symptoms and complications may linger long after an initial COVID-19 infection. Early research shows the disease attacks m
A year ago we knew little about the new viral disease that was sweeping the world, which quickly became known as COVID-19. At first, it looked like the main symptoms of coronavirus infection were a high temperature and a persistent cough. But it soon became clear that there was more to...
quality of lifeWorldwide health-care personnel are dealing with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at various levels. From fears of protecting themselves and their family while treating COVID patients to succumbing to COVID infection themselves, they are at the receiving end of divergent ...
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus is associated with a wide range of symptoms. The REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission −1 (REACT-1) study monitored the spread and clinical manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 among random samples of the population in England from 1 May 2020 to 31 March ...
COVID-19: Symptoms, Prevention and RisksMedically reviewed by Leigh Ann Anderson, PharmD. Last updated on Dec 9, 2024. What is COVID-19?COVID-19 is the disease caused by an infection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It was first identified in the city of Wuhan, in China's Hubei province ...
1 However, in the wake of the pandemic, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, or long COVID, has emerged: a chronic illness in people who have ongoing multidimensional symptomatology and disability weeks to years after the initial infection.2 Early reports of long COVID prevalence, summarised in ...
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