Half of rheumatology patients report persistent symptoms after COVID-19Over half of adults diagnosed as having a rheumatologic disease reported persistent COVID-19 symptoms at least a month after recovery from their infection, according to survey results presented late last week at the virtual American College of Rheumatology annual meeting.A news release from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City described the study, in which researchers emailed surveys to 7,505 men and women 18 years and older who had been treated for rheumatologic conditions at the hospital from 2018 to 2020.Among 2,572 survey respondents, nearly 56% who said they tested positive for COVID-19 reported symptoms lasting 1 month or more, including loss of taste