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No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19

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No Lasting Lung Damage After Full Recovery From COVID-19

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you suffered a bout of COVID-19 and your lungs took a beating, new research has reassuring news: You will likely be spared long-term respiratory damage. Scientists looked at COVID-19 survivors who had asymptomatic, moderate or severe COVID-19 infections and also underwent … Read more

Risk of Severe COVID May Hinge on Type of Asthma

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Risk of Severe COVID May Hinge on Type of Asthma

Grayson agrees with Khurana that in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was much concern that asthma could be a risk factor — a reasonable suspicion, given that the coronavirus attacks the lungs. But everything that came out of the initial epidemic in China suggested that asthma was not a risk factor … Read more