Month: June 2021

US news Workers fight for permanent improvements to wages and benefits as many are concerned about safety and angry over working conditions Sun 13 Jun 2021 05.00 EDT Workers who were deemed essential during the coronavirus pandemic and publicly praised for continuing to work in-person are now fighting for permanent improvements to working conditions, wages and benefits as safety protections are lifted and they still grapple with the impact of working through the long crisis.Millions of essential workers contracted Covid-19 while working through the pandemic. Thousands died as a result or lost co-workers, friends and family members to the virus. Many who caught the virus still experience long-term symptoms and Covid-19 cases and deaths are still a concern in many areas of the US. This i...

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Share on Pinterestexperts are learning how seemingly mild cases of COVID-19 have turned into debilitating cases of long-haul COVID-19. Svetlana Gustova/Getty Images Recent studies have found that as many as 1 in 4 people who had COVID-19 end up with long-haul COVID-19. But research is still ongoing. Experts are also learning how long-haul COVID-19 affects children and teenagers. Long-haul COVID-19 symptoms may appear weeks after the initial infection, even if the initial infection is mild or asymptomatic. The symptoms may also change over time. While COVID-19 cases are declining in the United States, experts are still learning what the effect of a year-long global pandemic has been on our long-term physical and mental health. In particular, attention has turned to people with long-h...