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Long COVID costs the average patient $9,000 a year – and that doesn’t even tell the whole story

Image source: Getty Images Those suffering from the aftermath of the virus could suffer a financial shock. Key points Some COVID patients have persistent symptoms. This could lead to significant financial losses due to unemployment and payment of medical bills. A Harvard economist estimated the cost of long COVID to be $9,000 a year on …

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The breakdown | The professional success story of the Champions Cup eroded by the market economy

Jhe Heineken Cup has been universally recognized for years as the great achievement of the professional era. It’s the same age, the first match played on Halloween in 1995, on a Tuesday evening, on the shores of the Black Sea, when Toulouse beat the Romanian Farul Constanta 54-10 in front of two men and a …

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Analysis |  Sunak wins the markets.  Voters are another story

Analysis | Sunak wins the markets. Voters are another story

Comment this story Comment Two short letters have become notorious in UK political history for their frankness about dire public finances. Reginald Maudling, outgoing Conservative chancellor in 1964, told his Labor successor and friend, Jim Callaghan, “Sorry old rooster, leaving him in this condition.” In 2010, Liam Byrne, Labour’s chief secretary to the Treasury, also …

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