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Symposium: The Impact of Long COVID on Health, Society, and Economies

Clinicians, researchers and patients joined to discuss the latest advances in long COVID research and its impacts on health, society, and economies. With every passing day, we find more evidence that getting infected, or reinfected by COVID leads to the risk of chronic disease, long-term disability, and increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, brain damage, … Continued

Long Covid und die Auswirkungen auf Gesundheit, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft

Ein Online-Symposium des World Health Network Mit Prof. Dr. Michael HallekDr. Claudia EllertProf. Dr. Matthias SchneiderKeynote Sprecherin Prof. Dr. Carmen Scheibenbogen 24. September 202217:00-18:30 UHR MESZZoom-Meeting & YouTube Nehmen Sie an unserem Long Covid-Symposium teil! Diese Veranstaltung bringt Wissenschaftler, Patienten und Praktizierende aus dem Gesundheitsbereich zusammen, um die neuesten Erkenntnisse in der Long Covid-Forschung und … Continued

Long COVID und die Auswirkungen auf Gesundheit, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft (Teil 2)

Eine Veranstaltungsreihe des World Health Network Mit Dr. Michael Stingl, Dipl.-Psych. Bettina GrandeProf. Dr. Martin Korte 3. November 202217:00-19:00 UHR MEZZoom-Meeting & YouTube Wir laden Sie herzlich zum zweiten Teil unsererLong Covid-Veranstaltungsreihe ein! In dieser Serie bringen wir Wissenschaftler, Patienten und Praktizierende aus dem Gesundheitsbereich zusammen, um die neuesten Erkenntnisse in der Long Covid-Forschung und … Continued

Long COVID Infographic

Oftentimes, COVID doesn’t go away when you test negative. Long COVID lasts long after infection, and can severely damage your quality of life.

From Israel: “Vaccinate Children before Omicron Becomes Dominant”

French Economist Cécile Philippe interviews Executive Director of Kohelet Policy Forum, Meir Rubin December 23, 2021 CP: What is the current situation in Israel? MR: The government has done the following: vaccinate 5-to-11-year-olds in schools, tighten border controls (for example, the U.K. is rated “red” as of December 17th), install HEPA filters in schools, use … Continued

Seen From Norway: “Facing Omicron, We Should Act as Soon as Possible”

French Economist Cécile Philippe interviews Norway Researcher, M.D.,Phd, BSc Econ. Gunhild Alvik Nyborg about Omicron. December 23, 2021 CP: Norway has recently been in the news because of a Christmas party in Oslo. What can you tell us about it? GN: This outbreak was made possible through the current Norwegian strategy. Indeed, until Omicron appeared, … Continued

The Pandemic is not Over: Infections Matter

As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are lifting protections against SARS-CoV-2 even while infections remain high and are in some instances increasing. This situation is not sustainable. Lifting the protections without proper mitigations facilitates transmission with dire consequences: more deaths, long Covid and social, economic and political disruptions. Again … Continued

Consensus: 386 Experts From Around the World Say Bringing the Pandemic to an End Is an Urgent Matter

Stephane Bilodeau, Kaitlin Sundling, Geraldine A. Hamilton, Yaneer Bar-Yam After 6-20 million deaths and many more disabled, building trust in effective action is needed to end the COVID-19 pandemic Nearly three years into the ongoing pandemic and despite the availability of numerous effective measures to reduce COVID harms — social distancing, mask wearing, mass vaccination … Continued