COVID-19 Symptoms

• Nova Scotians with any COVID-19 symptoms asked to do treatment assessment form

  The criteria for a COVID-19 treatment prescription is specific, said the Nova Scotia health agency, as 'treatment for early and mild COVID-19 does not benefit everyone.'

  Health

  Aug 3
  
• COVID-19 survivors praise VIDO-InterVac research on long COVID

  Dr. Alyson Kelvin with VIDO-Intervac said if health care experts can understand people's experiences with long covid, support services and treatments may be developed locally.

  Health

  Feb 13
  
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• Work sick or stay home? Omicron, staff shortage put U.S. employees in a conundrum

  As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 surges in the U.S., millions of those whose jobs don't provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and paycheck.

  Economy

  Jan 9
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• Cough, cold or COVID-19? Doctors say with symptoms overlapping, it’s impossible to tell

  Tens of thousands of Canadians across the country are being hit with the flu, a cold or COVID-19, but it’s almost impossible to tell what they could be ailing from.

  Health

  Jan 4
• Here’s what to know about CDC’s shorter COVID-19 isolation guidance

  Health officials in the United States this week cut COVID-19 isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans from 10 to five days.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2021
• 37% of COVID-19 patients show at least one long-term symptom, study finds

  The symptoms were more frequent among people who had been previously hospitalized with COVID-19 and were slightly more common among women, according to the study.

  Health

  Sep 29, 2021
• Tens of thousands experiencing ‘long COVID-19’ symptoms in Ontario, science group says

  The group says a conservative estimate suggests between 57,000 and 78,000 Ontarians had or are currently experiencing long COVID symptoms.

  Health

  Sep 14, 2021
• Fully vaccinated people are half as likely to develop ‘Long COVID’ symptoms: study

  The long-term symptoms include fatigue, pain, difficulty breathing, hypertension and cognitive problems described by many as "brain fog."

  Health

  Sep 4, 2021
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• Ontario government removes runny nose, headache from symptom list on daily school COVID-19 screener

  A spokesperson for Ontario's health minister says a runny nose, sore throat or difficulty swallowing, congested nose, headache, and extreme tiredness or muscle aches were removed.

  Health

  Aug 30, 2021
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• Psychiatric symptoms like depression, anxiety exhibited by COVID-19 patients: study

  Mental health professionals have been waving a red flag on the pandemic's inadvertent psychological risks, as well as the psychiatric impact of contracting COVID-19.

  Health

  Jun 6, 2021