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The researchers shared early results from a study that covered 30 hospitals in Australia, with collaboration from researchers, physiotherapists, doctors, and nursing staff who work in intensive care units.
Dubbed the Covid Recovery Study, experts have been interviewing about 200 patients to learn more about their health outcomes six to 12 months after infection.
Monash University professor Carol Hodgson said the team had yet to analyse the final dataset, but the early results showed about 70 percent of patients report ongoing problems six months after contracting the virus, though most were mild.
These symptoms included mild shortness of breath and weakness, and a small number have a persistent cough, headache, or loss of taste and smell.
This article was first published on the ABC News website. Read the original article here.
Experts have been tracking the long-term health outcomes of Australians recovering from severe COVID-19 disease, and early results show roughly two in three people have ongoing issues.
Key points:
Researchers are trying to figure out if the long-term impacts of severe COVID-19 disease are different to other illnesses
Long stays in hospital with other critical illnesses can have long-lasting consequences
It’s not known if, or when, people will recover completely from infection
The study is being conducted across 30 different hospitals in Australia and is a collaboration between researchers, physiotherapists, doctors, and nursing staff who work in intensive care units (ICUs).
Dorothy Fugate, 83, North Platte
by: Odean Colonial Chapel - May. 1, 2021
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Dorothy Fugate, 83, of North Platte peacefully passed away at home with her family by her side on April 28, 2021. She fought a long, hard battle with cancer with courage, dignity and grace, never complaining and always had a smile on her face.
Dorothy was born Aug. 16, 1937, one of six children born to Emily and William Doyle, an Irish Catholic family in North Platte. She graduated from St. Patrick’s High School then married Buster Lee ‘Bud’ Fugate on June 12, 1956 in Julesburg, Colo., and became a mother to five children.
Dorothy was a strong woman who accomplished so much during her lifetime. At a young age she became an entrepreneur, delivering the
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Prestigious US scholarship for Burnet researcher
A Burnet public health researcher has been awarded a prestigious scholarship, which will allow him to pursue further study and hepatitis C research in the United States.
Burnet Viral Hepatitis Group Research Assistant, Dr Ned Latham, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which he will use to undertake a Master of Public Health at Columbia University in New York City.
Dr Latham said he was thrilled at the prospect of being able to study in the United States and further his interest in addressing hepatitis C and other infectious diseases in Australia and abroad.