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Long Covid Kids Acknowledged By The UK Covid Inquiry
Three key Long Covid charities - Long Covid SOS , Long Covid Kids and Long Covid Support have been granted core participant status in...

Long Covid Kids
Oct 31, 20224 min read


Ghost Children. Completing the Jigsaw with Covid19 infections and Long Covid in children
There is a commitment to finding the 'ghost children' missing from schools in England . Many now equate these absences to the Covid-19...

Long Covid Kids
Oct 11, 202211 min read


This Is Why The 3 Ways We Connect Young People Living With Long Covid Is So Popular!
Long Covid Kids connects families to one another for peer support, validation and information sharing to ensure that no one feels alone. The

Long Covid Kids
Oct 10, 20225 min read


A World First: Effect of Covid Reinfection on People Living With Long Covid
Long Covid Support and Long Covid Kids publish the first data on the effect of COVID reinfections on adults and children living with Long...

Long Covid Kids
Sep 8, 20223 min read


Long Covid Kids Education Team Introductions
A blog to introduce you to the Long Covid Kids Education team: our achievements and our plans for the future.

Long Covid Kids
Jul 30, 20224 min read


Long Covid Kids Support Services -Introductions
As Long Covid Kids grows, we thought that it is important to bring our Team into the spotlight so that you, our audience, know who we...

Long Covid Kids
Jul 30, 20224 min read


Lead Representative Introductions - Wales
As Long Covid Kids grows, we thought that it is important to bring our country representatives into the spotlight so that you, our...

Long Covid Kids
Jul 30, 20223 min read


Lead Representative Introductions - Scotland
As our Long Covid Kids charity grows, we thought it important to bring our country representatives into the spotlight so that you, our...

Long Covid Kids
Jul 30, 20223 min read


Long Covid Kids Rebuttal Letter to U.K Prime Minister
In response to a disappointing communiqué from the Prime Minister’s office, Long Covid Kids has published an open letter.

Long Covid Kids
Jun 28, 202210 min read


Have you contacted your MSP? Scottish Parliament Debate on Long Covid, 19th May 2022.
Long Covid Kids' briefing note outlines the main challenges and obstacles young people and their families describe in our Support Services.

Helen Goss
May 17, 20223 min read


Three Peaks Challenge fundraiser for Long Covid Kids
The Three Peaks Challenge is to climb the highest peak in England, Scotland and Wales over a single weekend. It's pretty tough for...
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May 5, 20222 min read


Long Covid Kids UK Child Specific COVID-19 Infection Analysis
using official data running from the beginning of records up until final protections in England were removed on April 1st 2022 At Long...

Long Covid Kids
Apr 19, 202211 min read


10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Reading Research | Long Covid |Kids
Long Covid is a new condition and Long Covid research is being published at speed. It can be difficult keeping up to date with research...
Sammie Mcfarland
Apr 1, 20227 min read


Does your child get dizzy standing, or complain of a racing heart? It could be COVID triggered PoTS
Does your child get dizzy or lightheaded when standing, or complain of a racing heart? A number of children with Long Covid are being...
Sammie Mcfarland
Apr 1, 20225 min read


Is Long Covid causing new kids' allergies? Let's look at Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Has your child developed new allergies or hypersensitivities? A number of children with Long Covid are being diagnosed with MCAS -...
Sammie Mcfarland
Apr 1, 20224 min read


Kids with ME/CFS & Long Covid | More than post viral fatigue
Fatigue following viruses is not a new phenomena but in reality fatigue is only part of the presentation for those with chronic post...
Sammie Mcfarland
Apr 1, 20228 min read


A Teenager's Experience of a Long Covid Clinic in Northern Ireland
Being referred to a Long Covid Clinic seemed like the Holy Grail for Rosie, 16. This is the story of one girl's battle to get treatment....
Sammie Mcfarland
Mar 31, 20224 min read


The Search For Medical Support By A Family Changed By Long Covid
Written By Victoria Parish Mother to Jacob (aged 11), Alex (aged 15) And wife to husband Stephen When you tell a doctor that your child...

Long Covid Kids
Mar 31, 202211 min read


‘Exhausting & Painful'. Children & Young People Describe Their Long Covid
For the many children and families affected by Long Covid, Long Covid can seem like the elephant in the room. The 119,000 children and...

Dr Sue Peters
Mar 30, 20225 min read


School Staff With Long Covid: Five Ways To Support Your Wellbeing
Everyone has experienced the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways, it has impacted us all differently and we have all reacted to it in...

Dr Sue Peters
Mar 30, 20226 min read
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