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It’s estimated that 2.1 million people are currently living with long COVID in the UK. Symptoms can include breathlessness, fatigue, chest pains, loss of taste and smell, and “brain fog”. These symptoms continue to develop and fluctuate over time after the initial COVID infection has passed.

An estimated 2.1 million people are living with long COVID in the UK alone. We recently asked 888 people in the UK with long COVID about their experiences of stigma, and 95% of them said they had experienced stigma related to their condition.

To end modern slavery will mean more than relying on police and the courts. Early intervention could be the solution.

Imagine you’re young, healthy and active. Then, one day, the rug is pulled out from under you. You initially have symptoms akin to a cold, so you take a lateral flow test, which shows you have COVID. But it’s nothing that stops you from getting on with things, at least…

Guidance states under-18s should only get such drugs alongside therapy and after being assessed by a psychiatrist

An estimated 2.3 million people in the UK are currently living with long COVID. The condition is most commonly reported by people aged 35-69, but it can affect people of any age. And many young people will also face the need to support friends or relatives.

NHS and university figures in Newcastle have secured millions in funding to work on finding ways to treat long-term conditions like dementia.

Dame Kate Bingham aghast at civil service database changes that ‘will deter’ volunteers from signing up

The Women’s Health Strategy “sets bold ambitions to tackle deep-rooted, systemic issues within the health and care system.”

About 2.6 billion people – nearly half of the global population, most of them in Africa, Asia and central and south America – rely on biomass fuels, like wood and charcoal, or kerosene to cook meals, heat and light their homes.

Self-harm – physically hurting yourself – is common in young people, affecting about one in five teens by the age of 18.