long covid

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 September 202329 September 2023

Three overseas experts say Long COVID misunderstanding is widespread, due to common pitfalls in the research, including a lack of […]

In the News | Published: 27 May 202201 June 2022

More than 2,000 people attended an Aotearoa-first Long Covid symposium, hosted by the University of Otago, where early results were […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 May 202203 May 2022

New Covid-19 variants and waning immunity could see more New Zealanders catching the virus for a second time. As we […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 March 202218 March 2022

Three in four New Zealand schools are dealing with active Covid-19 cases, and there has been a 40% rise in reported school infections […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 March 202211 March 2022

The later arrival of Omicron in Aotearoa means we have watched the impact of long Covid in other countries including […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 March 202228 April 2023

Brain scans of patients infected with Covid-19 show changes in regions that affect memory and smell, and increased cognitive decline. In one of […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 October 202108 October 2021

Long Covid now has a formal definition – setting out agreed symptoms and timeframes to help spot the common post-Covid condition. The World […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 July 202106 July 2021

A study in mice shows that fibromyalgia – a poorly understood condition which causes ongoing pain and fatigue in an estimated 1 […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 29 April 202129 April 2021

New Zealand has been praised for its initial COVID-19 pandemic response, but what do we know about long-term health effects and how […]