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COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-5-years-later-learning-pandemic-many-are-forgetting (I added some line breaks and bolding...

World Health Organization 22 – 24 May 2024 The Clinical Management and Operations Unit, WHO Health Emergencies Program supports a webinar program on post COVID-19 condition (also referred to as Long Covid). The series aims to build the capacity of clinicians globally to identify, diagnose, and...

[I think this belongs here - please move if necessary] A Fight About Viruses in the Air Is Finally Over. Now It’s Time for Healthy Venting https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-fight-about-viruses-in-the-air-is-finally-over-now-its-time-for-healthy/

Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic “We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-covid-poses-new-challenges-in-the-fifth-year-of-the-pandemic/ (some extra line...

See also this thread: International: World Health Organization News (news relevant to ME/CFS, Long Covid and related conditions) ____________ Today, the World Health Organization has published a consensus definition and guidelines for Long Covid...

Moderator note. This post has been copied and following posts moved from this thread: Possibility of ME or PVFS after Covid-19 Big thanks to @Andy for posting this. I posted similar on Twitter and got very lucky It's amazing and, hopefully, this will lead to serious action by the WHO.

Updates on status of ICD-11 and changes to other classification and terminology systems I've created this thread specifically for reporting on the status of ICD-11 and for updates on changes to other classification and terminology systems. An initial version of ICD-11 is scheduled for release...