Articles

This section provides links to various articles that may be of interest to members. Actuaries are encouraged to think critically about the assumptions underlying the material they are reading and producing.

Articles

2024

• Long COVID: Teachers, healthcare workers most vulnerable occupations, report finds
• Public Health advocates decry CDC’s weakened pandemic guidelines
• Study: Long COVID affects 8% of those with COVID-19, is more common in women
• Why scrapping the term ‘long COVID’ would be harmful for people with the condition
• Scientists say there's been a 'revolution' in understanding long COVID, but sufferers are still feeling left behind
• Health outcomes for Long COVID are comparable with ME/CFS
• Queensland's Chief Health Officer says it's time to stop using the term 'long COVID'
• ‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long COVID symptoms
• The COVID-safe strategies Australian scientists are using to protect themselves from the virus

• Long COVID will take your health, your wealth — then it will come for your marriage
• Every COVID infection Increases your risk of long COVID, study warns
• Long COVID in women may be linked to inflammation levels at peak of infection, new research suggests
• From diagnosis to services and support: how Australia’s long COVID response is falling short
• New study reveals Australian Long COVID response lagging
• Unraveling long COVID: Here's what scientists who study the illness want to find out
• Where are the long COVID trials?
• Long COVID. shorter life? New research reveals an arduous road to recovery
• First major survey of doctors with Long COVID reveals debilitating impact on health, life and work
• Q&A: One GP’s lived experience with long COVID
• Long COVID can impact fatigue and quality of life worse than some cancers
• Long COVID in Australia: achieving equitable access to supportive health care
• 36 million people across the European Region may have developed long COVID over the first 3 years of the pandemic
• Suffering from “Long COVID”? – What are your rights for compensation?
• Alicia has lived with long COVID for a year and she's one of a growing number who say they are now disabled
• Social and economic costs of long COVID highlighted by global health experts 
• Long COVID is associated with significantly increased risk of death, heart and lung problems, study finds
• Do Repeat COVID infections increase the risk of severe disease or long COVID?
• Long COVID study tests using exercise to overcome symptoms
• Long COVID causing job losses and homelessness in Australia, inquiry hears
• Life insurers sail through pandemic 
• Long COVID - The Long-Term Disability Claims Gap

• What does long COVID mean for life insurers 
• Long-COVID sufferers unable to access disability payments say they need more support
• How multiple COVID-19 infections can harm the body
• Triple vaccination seems to reduce the chance of long COVID – but we still need to prepare for a jump in cases
• The costs of long COVID