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Living with long Covid

Millions of lives are impacted by long Covid. The Guardian takes a closer look at the illness, and those who live with it. See all our long Covid coverage.

28 November 2022

  • Mike Mariani at his home in Roseville, California. The author was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome

    A catalogue of losses: what chronic fatigue syndrome took away from my life

    Whether anybody else could see it or not, I had lost someone: my former, healthy self

25 October 2022

  • Protestors march outside the White House this September to call attention to those suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis and long Covid.

    Over 2,000 Guardian readers told us about their long Covid fight. Here are their stories

    The chronic condition has an array of physical and neurological symptoms, but most remain misunderstood

18 October 2022

  • Left to Right: Pitra Moeis, Varalakshmi Padma Priya Dharmavarapu, Georgia Lancaster, Beth Ann Pardo, Alice Rumble.

    ‘They can’t ignore us any more’: five women on long Covid and medical misogyny

    Many are still reporting minimization of their long Covid symptoms – and it’s partially attributable to the fact that female patients are routinely dismissed

17 October 2022

  • ‘It’s a very insidious beneath-the-radar-screen public health emergency,’ Fauci said.

    Fauci urges US to resume long Covid research funding efforts

    Top disease expert warns against prematurely declaring victory over pandemic in interview with the Guardian
  • Fauci

    Dr Anthony Fauci: long Covid is an ‘insidious’ public health emergency

    Exclusive: America’s top disease expert speaks to the Guardian about the dangers of long Covid and urges US Congress to avoid complacency
  • ‘We as doctors pretty much ignored the post-viral illness for the last 100 years.’

    Can long Covid research unlock other great medical mysteries of our time?

    Attention and funding for research into mononucleosis, HIV, Lyme, Ebola, Sars and other infections have historically been limited – but long Covid changed that

15 October 2022

  • ‘This is going to be one of the grand challenges of our time.’

    How will long Covid play out over the coming years? Eight experts weigh in

  • Ravi Veriah Jacques at high achieving student who was attending Stamford before being hit with very severe long Covid in 2021. He’s now almost entirely house and bed bound in the appartment he shares with his Father in North London, though he’s waiting for a cure and improvement.

    A young life, interrupted: finding hope – and an identity – while suffering from long Covid

14 October 2022

  • long covid illustration

    Long Covid is said to affect white middle-aged women more – but data suggests otherwise

    Race, wealth and free time dictate who gets to be treated for long Covid – making the condition ‘the new pandemic’
  • Woman sitting with her heart beating erratically.

    I was an athlete – now I’m 30 and in a wheelchair thanks to long Covid

    I know a runner, a fighter, a coach are still in me. But I don’t feel like her any more
  • Yvonne Shield suffers from Long Covid.

    ‘I’m going to get there’: the slow path to recovery from long Covid

    For some people living with long Covid, their symptoms have improved. One thing is clear, though: in recovery, one size does not fit all

13 October 2022

  • When doctors become long Covid patients – and still aren’t believed

    When doctors become long Covid patients – and still aren’t believed

  • Dylan, 10, has been suffering from long Covid. His doctor kept on saying ‘kids don’t get it’.

    ‘It felt like I was never going to get better’: patients navigating long Covid

12 October 2022

  • Some people have reported experiencing several long Covid symptoms; others report just one or two.

    The astounding impact and reach of long Covid, in numbers and charts

  • A meta-analysis found that, worldwide, 49% of Covid survivors reported persistent symptoms four months after diagnosis.

    Are you living with long Covid? We want to hear from you

  • ‘Delayed clinical care in patients with long Covid not only impacts their quality of life but the length of time they have symptoms.’

    The data is clear: long Covid is devastating people’s lives and livelihoods

    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
  • ‘The impact of long Covid for all countries is very serious and needs immediate and sustained action equivalent to its scale,’ Tedros said.

    WHO chief urges immediate action to tackle ‘devastating’ long Covid

3 February 2022

  • 2021-Guardian Long-Covid Main (1)

    The great gaslighting: how Covid longhaulers are still fighting for recognition

    People with long Covid face an uphill battle convincing skeptics their malady is real – but discrediting uncommon conditions is hardly a new phenomenon
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