White House to Establish Office on Long Covid
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Housed under the Department of Health and Human Services, the new office will focus on the post-Covid illness experienced by millions of Americans
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Women of Color Will Face More Criminalized Pregnancies in Post-‘Roe’ America
Posted in: Culture FeaturesWe're entering a new era of Jane Crow laws, say experts. This could mean more punishment for pregnant BIPOC individuals — and possibly more deaths
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The Never-Ending Battle: New Study Shows Long Covid Can Last At Least 15 Months
Posted in: Culture FeaturesMedical researchers have determined neurological symptoms can persist well over a year — and so far, there's no clear explanation
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‘We Had Things Planned’: Losing a Loved One — And Your Future — to Covid-19
Posted in: Culture FeaturesA million Americans are dead from the novel coronavirus, and while people in their twenties were assured that they were largely safe, many weren't so lucky — and neither were the loved ones they left behind
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Striking Down the CDC’s Mask Mandate Could F-ck Us For the Next Pandemic
Posted in: Cultural Commentary"If the CDC can't require masks on a flight from New York to San Francisco, then it can't do anything”
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Covid-19 Isn’t Done With Us. Are We Prepared For the Next Surge?
Posted in: Culture NewsExperts explain what a new variant, lifting of mask mandates, and some disheartening news from D.C. might mean for the country
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First They Got Long Covid. Then, It Made Them Homeless
Posted in: Culture FeaturesIt's estimated that millions of Americans have developed chronic illness as a result of Covid-19 infection. For some — especially those in the gig economy — it's made them unable to support themselves
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What the Long Covid Numbers Aren’t Telling Us
Posted in: Culture FeaturesEarly studies estimate that between 10 and 30 percent of coronavirus patients will experience Long Covid — but research is just scratching the surface
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Vaccinated Isn’t Enough: Omicron Carries the Risk of Long Covid
Posted in: Cultural CommentaryPresident Biden told the U.S. that if you're triple vaxxed, you're safe for the holidays. That's not only not true, it's dismissing almost 10 million Americans affected by a chronic disease
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‘Omicron Will Not Be the Last Variant’: Covid Tightens Its Grip on New York City
Posted in: Culture FeaturesThe new variant is surging through the East Coast, just in time for the holidays. What does that mean for the rest of the country?
