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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicCovid symptoms

Topic: Covid symptoms

55% severe Covid patients still have at least one symptom two years later, finds Lancet study

Study by researchers at Chinese institutions followed up with 1,192 participants at 6 months, 12 months & 2 years after recovery from Covid. Longest follow-up study on Covid till date.

Did your child test positive for Covid? Doctors say don’t worry, most kids recover in 3-4 days

Paediatricians emphasise symptomatic treatment, balanced diet. It's important to get eligible minors vaccinated, they say, adding that it's too early to gauge long-term effects of Omicron.

Cough or fever first? Covid variants can make symptoms appear in different order, US study says

Symptom order can change with mutations in the virus, finds a study by researchers from the University of Southern California, published in 'PLOS Computational Biology'.

Half of hospitalised Covid patients have persisting symptoms after a year, Lancet study says

Shortness of breath & lung impairments lasted the longest – 1 in 3 people experienced them, especially if they had severe Covid, study says.

Coronavirus could possibly spread through faeces of infected patients, ICMR study finds

The study by the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune, observed a family of four patients and found the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in all their stool samples.

Covid nails — These changes to your fingernails can show if you’ve had coronavirus

At best, we should regard these as potential indicators of a past infection – and not definitive proof.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.