COVID-19 survivors have increased risk of death for at least six months
As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, it has become clear that many survivors -; even those who had mild cases -; continue to manage a variety of health problems long after the initial infection should have resolved.
In what is believed to be the largest comprehensive study of long COVID-19 to date, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis showed that COVID-19 survivors -; including those not sick enough to be hospitalized -; have an increased risk of death in the six months following diagnosis with the virus.