CNN (5/11, Christensen) reports, “Even two years after their initial infection, the majority of people who were hospitalized with Covid-19 early in the pandemic had lingering symptoms, according to a new study.” Investigators “found that 55% of patients still had at least one Covid-19 symptom two years later,” which “was actually an improvement from six months after infection, when 68% had symptoms.”
US News & World Report (5/11, Smith-Schoenwalder) reports, “Fatigue and muscle weakness were the most commonly reported symptoms.” Meanwhile, “fewer people reported symptoms of anxiety or depression after two years than after six months, decreasing from 23% at six months to 12% at two years.” The findingswere published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
MedPage Today (5/11, Walker) also covers the story.
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— “More than half of early Covid-19 patients at one hospital had symptoms two years later, study finds “Jen Christensen, CNN, May 11, 2022