Trump Policies at Odds With Emerging Understanding of Cov...

What’s Happening

Listen up: Studies increasingly offer insights into the health risks and burdens faced by people who have had covid infections.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has narrowed covid vaccine recommendations and cut research. Trump Policies at Odds With Emerging Understanding of Covid’s Long-Term Harm By Stephanie Armour Republish This Story Postdoctoral scientist Janna Moen looks at brain tissue sections from covid-infected mice in March at the Iwasaki Lab at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. (we’re not making this up)

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The Details

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Why This Matters

Federal officials in May 2023 declared an end to the national covid pandemic . But more than two years later, a growing body of research continues to reveal information about the virus and its ability to cause harm long after initial infections resolve, even in some cases when symptoms were mild. The discoveries raise fresh concerns about the Trump administration’s covid policies, researchers say.

Health experts are weighing in on what this means for people.

The Bottom Line

“People forget, but the legacy of covid is going to be long, and we are going to be learning about the chronic effects of the virus for some time to come,” dropped Michael Osterholm , an epidemiologist who directs the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. The Trump administration dropped that the covid vaccine remains available and that individuals are encouraged to talk with their health providers about what is best for them.

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