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Video | International Long COVID Awareness Day

Published March 15, 2024

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Published by: CHCH
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Friday was International Long COVID Awareness Day. The condition affects about 11 per cent of Canadians who get it. More than two hundred symptoms have been connected to long COVID, with shortness of breath and brain fog being the most common.

The symptoms of COVID can last for months and for most, they will subside. But there are many people who don’t recover or remain symptomatic.

A McMaster professor and long COVID researcher says she experienced symptoms for 18 months before recovering and the scariest part for her was the brain fog.

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Video | Patients, advocates come to Washington for Long Covid Awareness Day

Published March 15, 2024

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Published by: Gray DC
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By Josh Rultenberg

On Friday, dozens of people went to our nation’s capital to demand more action be taken to address long Covid. Patients, advocates, and activists demonstrated in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the first Long Covid Awareness Day.

“When you become a nurse, you swear to a code of ethics. This code is why I’m standing here today,” said Dara York who organized the rally.

York is a nurse and mother of three from California who is battling long Covid. She and others called on Congress and President Biden to provide more resources for prevention, research and treatment.

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Topic: ocular diseasesView all posts for the topic: ocular diseases

Video | Doctors raise worries over COVID eye condition causing inflammation

Published February 8, 2024

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Published by: Global News
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The world is now used to COVID-19 and while the illness isn’t dominating our lives like it used to, it’s still with us. Now doctors are sounding the alarm about a growing number of cases affecting people’s eyes.

They are still learning about why and how it happens, as well as how it can affect vision. Mike Drolet hears about one man’s experience and what optometrists are saying about the condition.

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Video | COVID longue : une personne sur dix serait touchée

Published January 15, 2024

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Published by: Radio-Canada
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By Téléjournal Montréal

About 10% of people infected with COVID-19 would still experience symptoms after three months. This is called long COVID. For some, it’s much longer. They suffer from extreme fatigue, pain, problems with concentration, and they just can’t get back to a normal life. Report by Jacaudrey Charbonneau.

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Topic: immune dysfunctionView all posts for the topic: immune dysfunction

Video | Is COVID-19 Dysregulating Our Immune Systems?

Published November 14, 2022

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Published by: TVO
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Are people becoming sick more often, experiencing more severe symptoms and having more difficulty treating viral infections after having had COVID-19? If so, why? Epidemiologists,…

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Topic: Corsi-Rosenthal boxesView all posts for the topic: Corsi-Rosenthal boxes

Video | How to Build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box

Published April 15, 2022

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Published by: UC Davis College of Engineering
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Richard L. Corsi, dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering, explains how to build a Corsi-Rosenthal box. Dr. Corsi is an internationally recognized expert in the field of indoor air quality, with a specific interest in physical and chemical interactions between pollutants and indoor materials. His concept for a low-cost, accessible, and effective air cleaner, the Corsi-Rosenthal box, is now being used as an open-source do-it-yourself approach worldwide for reducing exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, wildfire smoke and more.

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