Long Covid

Between 10 and 30 percent of Covid patients go on to develop Long Covid, a crippling illness with up to 114 symptoms.  They're not happy with the level of research being conducted on it, so they're… Audio

Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to look at the new studies into long Covid, including one that found patients could take up to a month to return to normal sleep and exercise patterns… Audio

Claire Concannon meets a group of researchers who are determined to do the best science they can, to try to help the people they love.

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Numbers of long Covid patients are growing worldwide. This chronic, multi system illness appears to share many symptoms with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). A biochemistry… Audio

Professor Michael Baker is back to look at a few different Covid-19 stories doing the rounds, including the prospect of an 'Olympic coronavirus' strain being created if the Games go ahead in Tokyo as… Audio

New Zealander Gary McLean is an international authority on coronaviruses. Professor McLean is with us to look at Long Covid, the vaccine rollouts, and the fact that Covid sticks around the body longer… Audio

Kiwi entrepreneur and tech innovator Jenene Crossan has become one of the unofficial faces of Long Covid sufferers in New Zealand, having first been diagnosed with Covid-19 in March, 2020. She's in… Audio

What a year it has been in America. Joining us to assess it is our US correspondent Karen Kasler, who looks back on 2020 and warns that many of the problems the US has faced this year aren't going to… Audio