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Geographic Disparities and Emerging Hotspot Trends of Long COVID in the United States Anand Gourishankar Objectives To study the emerging hotspot pattern of Long COVID (LC) in the U.S. population and investigate the correlation between Long COVID and state health system performance. Methods...

Association of cognitive deficits with sociodemographic characteristics among adults with post-COVID conditions: Findings from the United States household pulse survey Wu, Daniel J; Liu, Nianjun People infected with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) may continue to experience symptoms for...

NIH's MapMECFS newsletter stated that the clinical data and biospecimens from CDC's Multi-Site Clinical Assessment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MCAM) study are now available on mapMECFS and searchMECFS. But it requires a request as below, not just an account, to access...

From the Los Angeles Times, by Eric Topol: Opinion: The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe? https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-01-04/covid-2024-flu-virus-vaccine In case anyone hits a paywall here's an image of the article that...

I'm not sure this has been posted yet (it's dated 17th Nov 2023). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/17/2023-24586/announcement-of-intent-to-establish-federal-advisory-committee-on-long-covid Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of...

[wasn't sure where to post this...] Washington Post: Denials of health-insurance claims are rising — and getting weirder Regular link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/17/health-insurance-denial-claims-reasons/ Gift link: https://wapo.st/3OzxkxA

In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds https://www.statnews.com/2023/04/14/black-doctors-primary-care-life-expectancy-mortality/

"Even though the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is the country’s leading public health agency, other government entities are not always up-to-speed on the latest recommendations. That could explain why the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be using a variation...