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Emergency or Not, COVID Is Still Killing People. Here’s What Doctors Advise to Stay Safe.
With around 20,000 people dying of COVID in the United States since the start of October, and tens of thousands more abroad, the COVID pandemic clearly isn’t over. However, the crisis response is, since the World Health Organization and the Biden administration ended their declared health emergencies last year.
Senate Hearing Highlights Long COVID Crisis
The Sick Times’ live coverage of this hearing on our Twitter. On January 18, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) convened a hearing about long COVID, discussing research priorities and healthcare challenges for the disease. Senators heard from people with long COVID and scientists studying it in front of a packed room full of long COVID advocates and allies, along with thousands watching online.
What Would a Nikki Haley Presidency Look Like for Health Care?
As South Carolina governor from 2011 to 2017, Republican Nikki Haley became well known as one of the Affordable Care Act’s loudest critics. That has raised questions about what it could mean for the nation’s health care policy if she became president. “I would be very concerned,” said...
States Expand Health Coverage for Immigrants as GOP Hits Biden Over Border Crossings
A growing number of states are opening taxpayer-funded health insurance programs to immigrants, including those living in the U.S. without authorization, even as Republicans assail President Joe Biden over a dramatic increase in illegal crossings of the southern border. Eleven states and Washington, D.C., together provide full health insurance coverage...
Are People With HIV at Greater Risk for Long COVID?
People living with HIV may be more prone to develop long COVID, the wide range of symptoms that can last for months or years after SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a growing body of evidence. While HIV-positive people have several risk factors that may make them more susceptible to long-term problems after a bout of COVID-19, much remains to be learned.
What Would a Second Trump Presidency Look Like for Health Care?
On the presidential campaign trail, former President Donald Trump is, once again, promising to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — a nebulous goal that became one of his administration’s splashiest policy failures. “We’re going to fight for much better health care than Obamacare. Obamacare is a...
New CDC Data Identify More Than 5,000 Long COVID Deaths
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data on deaths caused by long COVID, reporting that more than 5,000 Americans have died from this disease since 2020. The new data release coincided with the death of former U.K. Labour Party lobbyist Derek Draper from long COVID-related complications [on January 5].
Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care
It’s a good day when Frank Lee, a retired chef, can slip out to the hardware store, fairly confident that his wife, Robin, is in the hands of reliable help. He spends nearly every hour of every day anxiously overseeing her care at their home on the Isle of Palms, a barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina.
HHS Gave Million-Dollar Grants to Nine Long COVID Clinics; Here’s How They Plan to Use the Funding
This fall, the federal government announced a new grant program to support long COVID care: the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded million-dollar grants to nine clinics across the country, designed to help these centers extend their reach and develop best practices for addressing this complex chronic disease. Each clinic can receive up to $5 million over five years, with $45 million set aside for the overall program.
How COVID-19 Compromised Gains in Controlling HIV
The COVID-19 pandemic slowed previous gains made in controlling HIV blood levels and worsened health disparities, according to UC San Francisco researchers leading the largest U.S. evaluation of the impact of the public health crisis on people with HIV. While the country had been making progress on its goals to...
Policy Experts, Scientists, Disability Groups Urge Biden to Address Long COVID Crisis
A wide breadth of policy experts, scientists, and disability groups are calling on President Biden to urgently address the long COVID crisis with annual funding in the billions. In the open letter published on Monday [December 18], health policy experts, leading long COVID researchers, clinicians, journalists, chronic illness and health...
Biden Wants States to Ensure Obamacare Plans Cover Enough Doctors and Hospitals
The Biden administration plans to push states to boost oversight of the number of doctors, hospitals, and other health providers insurers cover in Obamacare plans, under rules proposed in November. The annual regulatory proposal, known as the payment parameters rule, also seeks to expand access to adult dental coverage in...
Could Long COVID ‘Brain Fog’ Be an Acquired Form of ADHD?
In May, I was invited to take part in a survey by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to better delineate how long COVID is described and diagnosed as part of The National Research Action Plan on Long COVID. The survey had several questions around definitions and criteria to include, such as “brain fog” often experienced by those with long COVID.
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