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Study: Half of COVID-19 survivors have at least 1 symptom a year later

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Roughly half of 1,276 adult COVID-19 survivors in Wuhan, China, still had at least one symptom—with a third still reporting shortness of breath—a year after their release from the hospital, finds a single-center study yesterday in The Lancet.Led by researchers at Capital Medical University in Beijing, the study involved evaluating and interviewing COVID-19 survivors 6 and 12 months after symptom onset (Jan 7 to May 29, 2020).Median age was 59 years, 53% were men, and median follow-up time was 185 days for the first visit and 349 for the second.

A matched control group included 3,383 adults never infected with SARS-CoV-2.Heart, breathing, mental health problemsAt 6 months, 68% of patients still had at least one persistent COVID-19 symptom

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