mental health during the covid 19 pandemic
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Vast Majority of Long COVID Patients Were Never Hospitalised, Report Finds
The average person suffering from long covid didn’t have a severe infection to begin with, a new report suggests. The study, an examination of private insurance claims, found that three-fourths of diagnosed long covid patients were not hospitalized for covid-19. Additionally, the researchers found that patients were most likely to be co-diagnosed with symptoms such…
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Long Covid Now Has an Official Definition From the World Health Organisation
This week, the World Health Organisation released diagnostic criteria for long covid, a perplexing condition that has affected survivors of covid-19. Among other things, the WHO notes that patients can experience symptoms months after their initial infection and that these symptoms can be severe enough to impact their daily functioning.
