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Long-Covid Patients Are Frustrated That Federal Research Hasn’t Found New Treatments

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This disappoints and angers the patient community, who say the National Institutes of Health should focus on ways to stop their suffering instead of simply trying to understand why they’re suffering. She warns it’s going to take a lot more money to help people like Hayes regain some degree of health.“There

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Journalists Address Opioid Settlements, Undiagnosed ADHD, and a Georgia Chemical Fire

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KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed Ohio’s $2 billion in opioid settlement funds on WOSU Public Media’s “All Sides with Anna Staver” on Oct. adults on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on Oct. adults on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on Oct. Learn more about KFF.

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Hit Hard by Opioid Crisis, Black Patients Further Hurt by Barriers to Care

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per 100,000 residents in 2021 more than double the rate in 2019, according to North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services data. Terica Carter, founder of Hajee House Harm Reduction, a Charlotte-based nonprofit that co-organized the event with the county’s public health office, has been working to change that statistic.