Covid-19 and long Covid: vaccination, tests and treatment | Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/ Resources for the nursing profession Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:44:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://emap-moon-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/07/favicon-nt192-70x70.png Covid-19 and long Covid: vaccination, tests and treatment | Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/ 32 32 https://www.nursingtimes.net/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/ 125 75 Resources for the nursing profession Long Covid health workers to team up in mass lawsuit https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-to-team-up-in-mass-lawsuit-08-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-to-team-up-in-mass-lawsuit-08-03-2024/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:44:06 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314917 The NHS is facing a mass legal challenge from potentially hundreds of health workers with long Covid across England and Wales, including nurses.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-to-team-up-in-mass-lawsuit-08-03-2024/feed/ 0 Lasting impact: nurses reflect on Covid four years on https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/lasting-impact-nurses-reflect-on-covid-four-years-on-08-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/lasting-impact-nurses-reflect-on-covid-four-years-on-08-03-2024/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 06:00:34 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314766 Nurses from various settings and locations look back on their experiences of the emergency period of Covid-19, four years after the first lockdown.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/lasting-impact-nurses-reflect-on-covid-four-years-on-08-03-2024/feed/ 0 Long Covid: health workers take case to court https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-take-case-to-court-06-03-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-take-case-to-court-06-03-2024/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:26:38 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=314873 Nurses are among almost 70 health workers with long Covid who are jointly taking their case for compensation to the High Court.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/long-covid-health-workers-take-case-to-court-06-03-2024/feed/ 0 Spring 2024 Covid booster announced for most vulnerable https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/spring-2024-covid-booster-announced-for-most-vulnerable-13-02-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/spring-2024-covid-booster-announced-for-most-vulnerable-13-02-2024/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:11:09 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=313673 A new Covid-19 booster vaccination programme for those most at risk of serious illness from the virus is expected to begin in the coming months.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/spring-2024-covid-booster-announced-for-most-vulnerable-13-02-2024/feed/ 0 Plant-based or vegetarian diet linked to reduced risk of Covid-19 infection https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/plant-based-or-vegetarian-diet-linked-to-reduced-risk-of-covid-19-infection-10-01-2024/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/plant-based-or-vegetarian-diet-linked-to-reduced-risk-of-covid-19-infection-10-01-2024/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:38:53 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=311755 Eating a predominantly plant-based or vegetarian diet is linked to 39% lower odds of being infected with Covid-19, according to researchers in Brazil.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/plant-based-or-vegetarian-diet-linked-to-reduced-risk-of-covid-19-infection-10-01-2024/feed/ 0 RCN calls for return of Covid precautions in healthcare https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/rcn-calls-for-return-of-covid-precautions-in-healthcare-22-12-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/rcn-calls-for-return-of-covid-precautions-in-healthcare-22-12-2023/#respond Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:41:48 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=311122 The Royal College of Nursing has called for a return to universal mask wearing and improvements to ventilation in UK health settings after the World Health Organization designated a new Covid-19 variant of interest.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/rcn-calls-for-return-of-covid-precautions-in-healthcare-22-12-2023/feed/ 0 New benefits plea for nurses and doctors with long Covid https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-benefits-plea-for-nurses-and-doctors-with-long-covid-20-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-benefits-plea-for-nurses-and-doctors-with-long-covid-20-11-2023/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:59:40 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=309079 Nursing and doctor unions have again urged the UK Government to recognise long Covid as an occupational disease for healthcare workers.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-benefits-plea-for-nurses-and-doctors-with-long-covid-20-11-2023/feed/ 0 Covid inquiry: ‘Reluctance’ to accept NHS could hit crisis https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-inquiry-reluctance-to-accept-nhs-could-hit-crisis-02-11-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-inquiry-reluctance-to-accept-nhs-could-hit-crisis-02-11-2023/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:43:39 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=308057 A former civil servant has spoken about a culture of sexism inside government at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and admitted there was a “reluctance” to admit the NHS could fail under the strain.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-inquiry-reluctance-to-accept-nhs-could-hit-crisis-02-11-2023/feed/ 0 ‘Very long Covid’ being experienced in one in 20 cases https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/very-long-covid-being-experienced-in-one-in-20-cases-27-10-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/very-long-covid-being-experienced-in-one-in-20-cases-27-10-2023/#respond Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:54:45 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=307650 One in 20 people infected with Covid-19 have symptoms which last more than a year, a leading study into the virus has found.

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]]> https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/very-long-covid-being-experienced-in-one-in-20-cases-27-10-2023/feed/ 0 Covid-19 should be a ‘catalyst’ for global action on patient safety https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-19-should-be-a-catalyst-for-global-action-on-patient-safety-21-08-2023/ https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-19-should-be-a-catalyst-for-global-action-on-patient-safety-21-08-2023/#respond Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:18:53 +0000 https://www.nursingtimes.net/?p=292595 Lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic should be a “catalyst for accelerating global action on patient safety”, leading clinicians from across the world have said.

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