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Long-Covid Patients want Federal Research programs to work harder to find new treatments

Wed, 2025-01-22 15:27 — mike kraft

Long-Covid Patients Are Frustrated That Federal Research Hasn't Found New Treatments - KFF Health News The federal government has allocated $1.15 billion to long-covid research without any new treatments yet brought to market. Patients and scientists say it’s time to push harder for breakthroughs. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Despite long covid’s vast reach, the federal government’s investment in researching the disease — to the tune of $1.15 billion as of December — has so far failed to bring any new treatments to market.

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Paxlovid protects against hospital care, death, especially in older patients -new study

Wed, 2025-01-22 15:13 — mike kraft

Paxlovid protects against hospital care, death, especially in older patients, data show Researchers observed lower rates of use among Black and Hispanic patients than among White patients. CIDRAP

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Climate change: Germany's response to Trump--Europe should stay on course to counter climate change

Wed, 2025-01-22 15:05 — mike kraft

Holding on to green energy course best response to Trump, Germany's Habeck says

BERLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Germany and Europe should continue on the path of expanding low-carbon energies during the second presidency of Donald Trump, a climate change sceptic, outgoing German vice chancellor Robert Habeck said on Tuesday.

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Trump officials order health agencies to pause public communications, advisories

Wed, 2025-01-22 13:19 — mike kraft

Trump administration directs federal health agencies to pause communications | CNN Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has asked federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories, according to sources within the agencies. Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell CNN

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Trump’s Executive Orders reverse Biden on health care costs and other medical issues.

Tue, 2025-01-21 16:35 — mike kraft

Trump’s initial orders reverse Biden on health care costs, protections from discrimination Trump's executive orders took aim at Biden's priorities, from drug pricing to gender discrimination. Sarah Owermohle STAT

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Misinformation issue: Vaccine misinformation --a lasting side effect from COVID

Tue, 2025-01-21 16:13 — mike kraft

Vaccine misinformation: a lasting side effect from COVID A fringe anti-vaccine movement took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to bring conspiracy theories to a much wider audience, propelling dangerous misinformation about life-saving jabs that still endures ... Medical Xpress

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The pandemic also marked a change in strategy by anti-vaxxers, who previously targeted parents because children routinely received the most jabs.

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Analysis: How COVID-19 situation has changed during five years since the first case in America

Tue, 2025-01-21 16:03 — mike kraft

COVID-19: It has been five years since the first case in America. What's it like today? Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil. Sam Woodward USA TODAY

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COVID-19 doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon despite advancements in vaccines against the virus.

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Trump Signs Executive Orders to Promote Fossil Fuels and End Climate Policies

Tue, 2025-01-21 15:45 — mike kraft

Hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Trump signed a barrage of executive orders to grant his administration new powers to promote fossil fuels and to withdraw support for renewable energy, signaling that the United States government would no longer fight climate change.

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