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The Sick Times: “How is Minnesota Addressing Long COVID?”
‘As many governments shutter and defund their Long COVID programs, Minnesota is ramping up’
Betsy Ladyzhets speaks with Kate Murray from MDH and Terri Wilder of #MEAction Minnesota
Billy Hanlon
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Billy Hanlon
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Minneapolis, MN
Joined November 2018
- University of Chicago: “A new type of vaccine developed by researchers at the Univ. of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) has shown it can completely reverse autoimmune diseases—all without shutting down the rest of the immune system’ mag.uchicago.edu/science-medici…
- Nat Geo: "Long COVID can destroy your ability to exercise. Now we know why." "As a new study shows, the answer lies in some long COVID sufferers’ muscle damage and their bodies’ ability to make energy." By the brilliant @rachel_fairbank
- Mother Jones: 'Rep. Ilhan Omar to Introduce Major Long Covid Bill' 'On Friday, MN Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will introduce a potentially groundbreaking piece of federal legislation in the House — one allocating $10 billion in funding to fight Long Covid'
- Science Alert: “We May Have Found a Target For Treating The Fatigue of Long COVID” “Of long COVID's numerous symptoms, an intolerance to exertion could be considered one of the more debilitating”
- KXAN: 'UT-Austin researchers say they found an antibody that protects against all COVID-19 variants' 'The team of researchers were able to ” isolated a broadly neutralizing plasma antibody, called SC27, from a single patient,” the university said.'
- TIME: 'Did the Pandemic Break Our Brains?' 'COVID-19 has been linked to serious cognitive problems, including dementia and suicidal thinking. And brain fog, a common symptom of Long COVID, can be so profound that people are unable to live the lives...'
- Glam: 'Violet Affleck Is Growing Up Fast' 'To confront the long Covid crisis, I demand mask availability, air filtration and far-UVC lights in government facilities, including jails and detention centers, and mask mandates in county medical facilities'
- "Long COVID stemmed from mild cases of COVID-19 in most people, according to a new multicountry study" "We found that a staggering 90% of people living with long COVID initially experienced only mild illness with COVID-19."
- Vice President of @Google, Royal Hansen (@royalhansen) shares a heartbreaking account of Long COVID & his son. “…the medical and scientific developments directed at Long COVID and other post-viral syndromes are emerging at different paces…there is so much more to be done..”
- Forbes: 'Denial: The Hidden Link Connecting Mpox, COVID-19, HIV/AIDS' 'Throughout modern medical history, Americans have underestimated or dismissed emerging health threats until the consequences became impossible to ignore' forbes.com/sites/robertpe…
- Psychology Today: 'Long COVID Looks Like Acute Infection in the Brain' 'A research team from Rutgers has isolated the molecular makeup of the immune system’s response to Long COVID in the brain by extensively testing cerebral spinal fluid (CSF).'
- National Geographic: "Now we know how COVID attacks your arteries" 'Even patients with mild COVID symptoms could face a higher risk of developing heart disease and stroke'
- Bloomberg: “Yes, Everyone Really Is Sick a Lot More Often After Covid” “The state of constant illness already is taking a toll on businesses and the economy”
