The first cases of Covid-19 were detected in China in December 2019, sparking a global pandemic and more than seven million reported deaths to date, according to the World Health Organisation. But millions more have been affected by long Covid, in which some people struggle to recover from the acute phase of Covid-19, suffering symptoms

On December 5, 2024, at the final meeting of the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Republican and Democratic members voted unanimously to pass the final draft of the 557-page COVID-19 report, After Action Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward, supposedly investigating the public health response to the pandemic.  Despite Republican

File photo of Brad Wenstrup, House Select Coronavirus Pandemic Subcommittee Chairman during a hearing with experts from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. | Photo Credit: Getty