Long Covid

Millions to miss out on Covid booster as NHS slashes eligibility

Dr Ben Sinclair (centre) with his team (left to right) Dr Aaron Brown, Dr Samantha Rosenberg, nutritionist Sally Duffin and nutritional therapist Natasha Rosenberg. Picture: Tom Jackson/Jackson Media.

The doctor using his own Long Covid experience to help patients

Up to two million people in the UK suffer from the post virus syndrome, which can cause dehabilitating exhaustion, brain fog and breathlessness.

Long covid breakthrough in Leeds as patients report success in pioneering study

70 per cent of over 12s in some Bradford areas unvaccinated

70 per cent of over 12s in some Bradford areas unvaccinated

More people are having to take time off work with long-term illnesses.

Workers should prepare for the possibility of long-term sickness: Sarah Coles

While the Government has moved on from the pandemic, a lot of teachers suffering from Long Covid can't.

Long Covid having a lasting impact on the teaching profession - Dr Patrick Roach

NHS staff will no longer get sick pay or leave if they have Covid-19.

Nurse says scrapping special Covid leave and sick pay is 'incomprehensible'

Makeup by Cerise artist Laura Power still suffers from Long Covid symptoms

Long Covid in Yorkshire: Here are some of the symptoms to look out for

Young woman with long covid syndrome symptoms

What is Long Covid? What are the symptoms? And is there a test for it?

“The morning after just one session of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, [our patient] was able to get up as though the illness had not happened.”

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A number of people infected with Covid have reported still having some symptoms weeks after they've tested positive for the virus.

Nearly 500 people in Wakefield referred for Long Covid treatment

Long Covid sufferers are still battling symptoms two years on

Long Covid sufferers still battling symptoms two years after getting Covid-19

Chris Leffler with his son James.

'It's changed my life' - Sheffield Long Covid service receives over 1,000 referr...

'I fear I’ll never be the same again': Young people tell of being bed-bound with...

A Wakefield woman is campaigning to raise awareness of the debilitating effects of Long Covid, after suffering with the illness for almost 16 months. (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Yorkshire Long Covid sufferer speaks out about 'worst 16 months of my life'

Once a person is classed as having a disability, the onus is then on their employer to make “reasonable adjustments”, says Charlotte Geesin.

Why businesses need to be diligent when dealing with long Covid absences

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton attributed his recent defeat to long Covid.

Long Covid can affect anyone; it must be taken seriously – The Yorkshire Post sa...

Lab technicians handle suspected Covid-19 samples as they carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus.

Long Covid can present itself in different ways in different patients

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Greg Fell

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The NHS is set to launch Long Covid services for children and young people in England (Photo: Shutterstock)

NHS to launch Long Covid services for children and young people in England

When Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the specialist clinics in December, he stressed the “huge impact” long Covid can have on those affected and noted: “We are doing everything we can to support people who are still suffering with effects on their health.” Stock Shutterstock image

Yorkshire long Covid 'postcode lottery' as promised clinic fails to materialise

Dr Paul Whitaker set up the first long Covid clinic in Yorkshire at St Luke’s Hospital in Bradford last year

Most patients at Yorkshire's first Long Covid clinic are 'slowly getting better'

The first in-depth study exploring the role that physical activity plays in helping people living with long Covid has been carried out by academics from Sheffield Hallam University. Photo credit: Getty Images

First of its kind Long Covid study carried out by Sheffield Hallam University

Abingdon Health

York-based Abingdon Health's testing technology deployed to test impact of Long ...

Pictured, a patient undergoes hospital rehab while being treated for long-Covid. Photo credit PA.

How staff at Yorkshire's first long Covid clinic fear for 'overwhelming' future

Some people who are struggling with the condition have reported symptoms of breathlessness, muscle aches and severe fatigue, among others (Photo: Shutterstock)

Long Covid research given £18.5m funding - everything we know about the conditio...

Health workers wearing full PPE in hospital

Nurse with long Covid said compensation should be easy to access

The Government is being urged to recognise long Covid as an occupational disease and set up a compensation scheme for frontline workers suffering from the condition (Photo: Shutterstock)

Campaigners want long Covid compensation scheme for frontline workers - here’s w...

Rachel Reeves is Labour MP for Leeds West. She’s a senior Shadow Cabinet minister and has vowed to hold the Government to account over its Covid contracts.

Transparency needed on Government’s spending of Covid billions: Rachel Reeves

Long Covid patients are being haunted by "unbearable" odours like fish and burning in place of normal smells, researchers say, as more unusual symptoms of the virus emerge.

Fish, sulphur, and burnt toast among scents haunting Long Covid patients

Long Covid could cause multiple organ damage - the study explained

Fatigue is one of the symptoms sufferers from "long covid" have been experiencing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

GPs call for 'Long Covid' treatment programme as thousands suffer long-lasting s...

Many coronavirus sufferers have reported experiencing hair loss (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the long-term symptoms of coronavirus - from hair loss to nerve pain