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Breakthrough, Part One: Long Covid’s Early Origins

Breakthrough, Part One: Long Covid’s Early Origins

FromPrognosis: Losing it


Breakthrough, Part One: Long Covid’s Early Origins

FromPrognosis: Losing it

ratings:
Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Oct 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

With a loss of smell and a high fever, New Yorker Fiona Lowenstein had a classic case of Covid-19 before she knew what a classic Covid case was. But there was more she didn't know: she was also about to join a burgeoning group we now know as “long haulers.” On the first episode of “Breakthrough,” a new series from the Prognosis podcast, Bloomberg’s Jason Gale traces the early origins of a patient-led movement that drew lessons from AIDS activism to demand that the medical establishment listen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Oct 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

For much of human history, we’ve turned to diets to lose weight and improve our health. But it’s mostly been in vain. No matter how much the number on the scale drops begins to go down, chances are that the weight will come back. That’s just what the science says. But when it comes to weight, the facts just don’t seem to matter. Losing It, a new series from Bloomberg’s Prognosis, looks at how we got weight loss so wrong — and whether there’s a better way forward.