Jo Macfarlane is an award-winning health reporter.
From our UK edition
Soon, as the rates of coronavirus deaths and infections plummet, we’re likely to focus more on those who suffer what is being called ‘long Covid’ — yet the truth is we know very little about what precisely it is. Long Covid began as a quiet murmur in the background: anecdotal stories about symptoms which extended
From our UK edition
The heart beats rhythmically, its muscles quivering, the bright red blood pulsing through its chambers. It appears vibrantly — queasily — alive. But this heart is not inside a human body. It is kept artificially beating by a state-of-the-art machine, the Organ Care System (OCS), which simulates the body’s functions and even re-oxygenates the blood
