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R.I.P. David Mixner, Trailblazing LGBTQ Political Strategist and HIV Activist
Longtime LGBTQ political strategist and AIDS activist David Mixner, who became a nationally known openly gay figure in the Clinton administration, died at his home in New York City on Monday, March 11, 2024. The cause was long COVID, reports The New York Times. He was 77. Mixner was HIV...
Insight Into Mechanisms of ME/CFS
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) involves debilitating fatigue, intolerance to exercise, and cognitive problems. Symptoms tend to get worse after even mild exertion. The cause remains unknown, hampering development of treatments. ME/CFS often develops after an infection—a condition known as post-infectious-ME/CFS (PI-ME/CFS). A research team led by NIH’s Dr....
First Tissue Bank May Help Solve Mystery of Long COVID Misery
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) will launch the world’s first tissue bank with samples donated by patients with long COVID. The move follows research indicating that the virus can continue to linger throughout the body and may hold the key to understanding the cause of the debilitating disorder and lead to effective treatments.
America Worries About Health Costs — and Voters Want to Hear From Biden and Republicans
President Joe Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for his reelection. Former President Donald Trump is promising to take another swing at repealing Obamacare. But around America’s kitchen tables, those are hardly the only health topics voters want to hear about in the 2024...
With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help
When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he said the new agency had one priority: “looking out for people, not big banks, not lenders, not investment houses.”. Since then, the CFPB has done its share of policing mortgage brokers, student loan...
CDC Updates and Simplifies Respiratory Virus Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today updated recommendations for how people can protect themselves and their communities from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. The new guidance brings a unified approach to addressing risks from a range of common respiratory viral illnesses, such as COVID-19, flu, and RSV, which can cause significant health impacts and strain on hospitals and health care workers. CDC is making updates to the recommendations now because the U.S. is seeing far fewer hospitalizations and deaths associated with COVID-19 and because we have more tools than ever to combat flu, COVID, and RSV.
Older Adults Can Now Receive Additional Dose of Updated COVID-19 Vaccine
On February 28, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendation for adults ages 65 years and older to receive an additional updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine dose. The recommendation acknowledges the increased risk of severe disease from COVID-19 in older adults, along with the currently available data on vaccine effectiveness.
PolyBio Announces $15 Million in Long COVID Research Funding
PolyBio Research Foundation, a leading organization in supporting research for long COVID and related chronic diseases, announced a new round of funding focused on identifying potential long COVID treatments on Thursday. The research projects, which received a total of $15 million in funding, plan to study the potential biological underpinnings of long COVID and begin testing promising therapies.
COVID-19 Reinfections Are Further Disabling People With Long COVID
Becky Letts and her 12-year-old son, Alex, have both had long COVID since early 2020. While the debilitating disease drastically reduced the quality of life for both of them, Becky said multiple reinfections led to new and worse symptoms. So far, she has had six confirmed COVID infections, while Alex has had five.
NIH to Bolster RECOVER Long COVID Research Efforts Through Infusion of $515 Million
Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, long COVID remains an unsolved, complex and urgent healthcare crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 9 adults in the United States who have ever had COVID-19 continue to experience long COVID with a wide range of symptoms. Many symptoms are debilitating, affecting patients’ ability to work and go to school.
Clinical Trial Aims to Improve Long COVID Care for Latinos
Physicians and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are working to improve and increase care for Latinos with long COVID, who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, they’re conducting a clinical trial to study the efficacy of the medication fluvoxamine as a potential...
Women and Minorities Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis
Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born. At times, Watkins, then 30, had to stop on the stairway to catch her breath. Her obstetrician said postpartum depression likely caused the weakness and fatigue. When Watkins, who is Black, complained of a cough, her doctor blamed the flu.
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