The bill would offer $1 billion per year to support studies, treatments and expansion of care for US patients.
Committee chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders shakes hands with long COVID patient Nicole Heim as he arrives for a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing titled"Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care" on January 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C.on Friday unveiled a bill to help tackle the crisis “that is affecting more than 22 million adults and 1 million children across the United States — and millions more around the globe.
Long Covid “can include a wide range of ongoing symptoms and conditions that can last weeks, months, or even years” after an initial infection,the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptoms can include brain fog, fatigue, heart palpitations, mood changes, muscle or joint pain, shortness of breath, and difficulty sleeping.
Require the NIH to establish a long Covid database, advisory board, and a new grant process that would accelerate clinical trials;Require any new treatments developed by the NIH to be reasonably priced so that every patient can receive it; Fund multidisciplinary long Covid clinics that provide comprehensive, coordinated care — especially in underserved, disproportionately impacted communities; and“For far too long, millions of Americans suffering from long Covid have had their symptoms dismissed or ignored — by the medical community, by the media, and by Congress,” said Sanders, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions . “That is unacceptable and has got to change.
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