occupational safety and health
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Covid-19 Paralysed a Teen Girl’s Vocal Cords, Doctors Say
We’re still discovering new ways COVID-19 can harm us, some four years after the emergence of this complicated viral disease. In a recent report, doctors in Massachusetts describe a teen girl whose vocal cords became paralysed soon after a bout of COVID-19. The girl required a tracheostomy in place for more than a year to…
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Scientists Are Closer to Finding a Test for Long Covid
Researchers have now found several immune and hormonal differences in the blood of long covid patients, which could help them develop an accurate test for it.
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Vast Majority of Long COVID Patients Were Never Hospitalised, Report Finds
The average person suffering from long covid didn’t have a severe infection to begin with, a new report suggests. The study, an examination of private insurance claims, found that three-fourths of diagnosed long covid patients were not hospitalized for covid-19. Additionally, the researchers found that patients were most likely to be co-diagnosed with symptoms such…
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Amazon Blasts Away Competition With 20% Growth in Workplace Injuries
Amazon’s most recent example of double digit growth likely isn’t one it’s eager to tell shareholders.