Claims extracted
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sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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Health
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Long Covid-19 recovery varies sharply by symptoms, study finds
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WASHINGTON –
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study → vary → symptoms
People whose long Covid-19 affects multiple body systems are far less likely to improve than overall recovery estimates suggest, with fewer than one in five experiencing sustained improvement within three years of infection, according to a US study.
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five → affect → study
Researchers followed 1,019 adults who still had probable long Covid-19 a year after their initial infection.
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who → follow → infection
About half experienced sustained symptom improvement over the following three years, while roughly a quarter had complete symptom remission, the study, published on Nov 2 in Annals of Internal Medicine, found.
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study → experience → Medicine
But outcomes differed dramatically depending on the pattern of illness.
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outcomes → differ → illness
About 60% of people whose long Covid-19 was dominated by changes in smell or taste had improved by three years, compared with less than 19% of those with symptoms affecting multiple body systems.
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Covid-19 → dominate → systems
Long Covid-19 can cause fatigue, cognitive impairment and post-exertional malaise – a worsening of symptoms after even modest physical or mental activity – along with problems involving numerous organ systems.
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Covid-19 → cause → systems
The study, part of the US National Institutes of Health-funded Recover initiative, tracked symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, palpitations, shortness of breath and changes in smell or taste.
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study → fund → smell
Participants were considered to have improved when their symptom score remained below the threshold for likely long Covid-19 at two successive study visits.
But the scoring system gives substantial weight to loss of smell or taste and chronic cough, said Ziyad Al-Aly, director of the Clinical Epidemiology Centre at the VA St. Louis Health Care System, who wasn’t involved in the research.
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who → consider → research
Although characteristic of Covid-19 infection, those symptoms aren’t central features of the chronic multi-system illness he associates with long Covid.
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he → associate → Covid
The multi-system group “is a different disease altogether,” Al-Aly said.
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Aly → say → ?
“This is the real long Covid that will endure, and these patients do not appear to show a robust trajectory of recovery.”
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patients → endure → recovery
The findings also illustrate a broader problem in determining how many people recover from long Covid-19: what counts as recovery.
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what → illustrate → recovery
The symptom index used in the study was developed using data from the Recover initiative and hasn’t been independently validated in other populations, said Nisreen Alwan, a professor of public health at the University of Southampton.
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Alwan → use → Southampton
Long Covid-19 symptoms can also fluctuate, with periods of improvement followed by relapse.
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symptoms → fluctuate → relapse
Alwan and a colleague argued in the BMJ in June that inconsistent definitions make it difficult to distinguish lasting recovery from temporary remission.
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it → argue → remission
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