Respiratory

Nine in 10 workers who have had Covid-19 have been left with ongoing symptoms – many of whom say these have lasted longer than a year.

Some people with long Covid symptoms are having to wait more than four months for treatment, according to a group...

The lack of progress in addressing staff shortages in respiratory care could mean that people with lung disease are being deprived of access to specialist advice.

Thousands of people who are at a heightened risk of having a fatal asthma attack have not had a face-to-face...

People with asthma have only a modestly increased risk of developing severe Covid-19 and requiring admission to hospital from the...

Research finds many people hospitalised with Covid-19 are still struggling months later.

Urgent referrals for patients with suspected lung cancer have dropped by a third over the past year, a study has...

Exercise and getting people mobile early on in their rehabilitation from severe Covid-19 may help improve recovery, research has indicated....

Employers should not lose sight of the risks posed by carcinogens at work while they focus on minimising Covid-19 risks,...

Many people suffering with ‘long Covid’ are still unable to fully work six months after their initial coronavirus infection, according...

Work-related allergic symptoms in bakers
Bakers using multigrain flour are at a high risk of experiencing nasal and asthma-like symptoms,...

A total of 38.8 million working days were lost because of work-related illness and workplace injury in 2019/20, with more...

Hundreds of thousands of manufacturing workers with health conditions that can be exacerbated by poor air quality are being exposed...

As many as a fifth of people who contract Covid-19 are likely to suffer symptoms for eight weeks or more...