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NIH got $1.6 billion for research into long COVID. Where are the treatments?

by Samantha Fields
Nov 11, 2024
About $1.6 billion has been invested in a program that has yielded little progress, disappointing many who suffer with the complex condition.
Efforts to develop treatments for long COVID, which has a wide range of symptoms, have had little success so far. Above, an event supporting long COVID patients in Germany.
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Long COVID can make work challenging. Accommodations can make a difference.

by Samantha Fields
May 22, 2024
In more than half of cases, workplace accommodations don’t cost an employer anything, according to one survey.
For many, long COVID is severe enough that it affects their ability to work. One study estimates about 700,000 people are likely missing from the labor force because of it.
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