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    • Long Covid

    Long Covid will often resolve itself within a year, study argues

    by Nic Paton 13 Jan 2023
    by Nic Paton 13 Jan 2023

    People who experience long Covid following only a mild bout of Covid-19 are likely to see their symptoms resolve within a year.

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    Millions still reporting long Covid, but numbers may be stabilising

    by Nic Paton 6 Jan 2023
    by Nic Paton 6 Jan 2023

    Millions of often working-age people across the UK are still experiencing long-term, potentially debilitating, health symptoms following a Covid-19 infection...

    • Coronavirus
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    Worker who claimed workplace posed ‘serious and imminent’ Covid danger loses appeal

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Dec 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Dec 2022

    An employee who lost his job for refusing to work during the pandemic, claiming his workplace posed a ‘serious and...

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    Long Covid therapy reports ‘exciting’ results

    by Nic Paton 19 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 19 Dec 2022

    A rehabilitation programme based on a gradual or paced increase in physical activity has shown “exciting” results in helping people...

    • Coronavirus
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    Structural racism ‘fundamental’ to Covid vaccine hesitancy, study argues

    by Nic Paton 16 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 16 Dec 2022

    Racism has been the “fundamental cause” of Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy among ethnic minority groups, a study from Manchester University has...

    • Coronavirus
    • Belief discrimination
    • Vaccinations

    Care home wins ‘no jab, no job’ case

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Dec 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Dec 2022

    A care home operator had the right to dismiss employees who refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19, an employment tribunal has ruled.

    • Fit for Work
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    Quarter of working-age people with long Covid not in work

    by Nic Paton 5 Dec 2022
    by Nic Paton 5 Dec 2022

    ONS data shows long Covid is leading to a surge of people falling out of work, taking early retirement or on long-term sick leave.

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    Study shows FFP3 masks could cut NHS Covid-19 absence

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Nov 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Nov 2022

    Research finds NHS hospitals could cut sickness absence and Covid-19 infections by permanently switching from surgical masks to FFP3 masks.

    • Fit for Work
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    • Health and safety

    Work-related Covid infections up a third, HSE analysis suggests

    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2022

    More than 100,000 workers went down with Covid-19 in the past year which they believed they contracted in the workplace,...

    • Fit for Work
    • Coronavirus
    • Disability

    TUC joins call for long Covid to be recognised as a disability

    by Nic Paton 21 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 21 Nov 2022

    The TUC has joined the organisations calling for long Covid to be recognised as a disability under the Equality Act...

    • Coronavirus
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    • Long Covid

    Covid-19 complications added to list of ‘prescribed’ diseases

    by Nic Paton 18 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 18 Nov 2022

    Workers who suffer from five identified Covid-19 complications should receive Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, it's recommended.

    • Anxiety
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    Young workers left most stressed by pandemic

    by Nic Paton 14 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 14 Nov 2022

    People at the start of their careers were most likely to feel stressed about work during the early months of the pandemic, a study has concluded.

    • Fit for Work
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    • Cardiac

    New scanning technique honing in on long Covid ‘microclots’

    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2022

    New X-ray technology can identify the damage that severe Covid-19 can inflict on the lungs, including the 'microclots' often associated with long Covid.

    • Coronavirus
    • Vaccinations
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Pandemic has increased general vaccine hesitancy

    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2022

    The experience of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a 'significant' decline in confidence in vaccines generally, a study has suggested.

    • Coronavirus
    • Disability
    • Long Covid

    Three-quarters with long Covid have stopped, reduced or changed work

    by Nic Paton 9 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 9 Nov 2022

    More than three-quarters of people with long Covid have had to stop, pause, reduce or change their work, finds Indeed.

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