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'Pandemic within the pandemic': Long COVID affects a third of COVID-19 survivors, study saysJul 13, 2023 7:09 PM - A new study from Northwestern Medicine shows COVID long haulers suffer neurological, pulmonary and cardiac effects of the disease. Researchers call long COVID "the pandemic within the pandemic."
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FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strain
Jun 16, 2023 6:45 AM - The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration's scientific advisers said the next round of shots in the U.S. should only include protection against the newest variants that are now dominant worldwide -- a branch of the omicron family tree named XBB.
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The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted
Jun 12, 2023 12:33 PM - An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. Combined, the loss represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has so far disbursed in COVID relief aid.
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COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use
May 25, 2023 2:36 PM - Pfizer received full approval on Thursday for its COVID-19 pill Paxlovid that's been the go-to treatment against the coronavirus.
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Pritzker signs law that gives benefits to Chicago first responders disabled by COVID
May 10, 2023 3:29 PM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law providing full disability benefits to Chicago police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19 before vaccines were available, presiding over an emotional statehouse.
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Pritzker reflects on three years of pandemic as disaster declarations are set to endMay 10, 2023 3:29 PM - In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. J.B. Pritzker recalls being handed a report from researchers at the University of Illinois.
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Experts warn of costlier COVID care as emergency declaration endsMay 8, 2023 6:26 AM - Health experts warn future COVID-19 care, treatments and testing will likely become costlier to most Americans when the federal emergency declaration ends this week and insurance carriers have more say in COVID-related medical decisions.
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Lake County considering $1,200 bonus for workers during early days of COVIDMay 3, 2023 12:53 PM - A $1,200 bonus to Lake County workers during the early part of the pandemic is among 23 projects and initiatives being recommended for $34.2 million in federal coronavirus recovery funding.
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China health officials lash out at WHO, defend COVID-19 virus search
Apr 8, 2023 8:34 AM - Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic information earlier.
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How much in COVID-19 grant funds did suburban businesses get, and what more is coming?
Apr 1, 2023 5:18 PM - Suburban businesses have received 37% of the more than half a billion dollars in COVID-19 relief grants issued by the state so far, and more money is being made available this month.
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