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For survivors of severe COVID-19, beating the virus is just the beginning

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Survivors of COVID-19 who spent time on a ventilator may be at risk of long-term disability and illness. By Kelly ServickScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.The next few months will be full of grim updates about the spread of the new coronavirus, but they will also be full of homecomings.

Patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19, some having spent weeks breathing with the help of a mechanical ventilator, will set about resuming their lives.

Many will likely deal with lingering effects of the virus--and of the emergency treatments that allowed them to survive it.“The issue we’re all going to be faced with the most in the coming months is how we’re going to help these people recover,” says Lauren Ferrante, a

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