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More than a year into the pandemic, what's causing the symptoms and how best to treat them is anything but clear. Making research especially difficult is that there is such a wide range of health issues involved — from brain fog to cardiovascular problems to rare cases of psychosis — and there's no agreed-upon metric for who qualifies as a long-haul patient.
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news. Week in Review Highlight of the Week: This week, CMS released its FY 2022 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Rates Proposed Rule. Read more about the rule and other news below. I. Regulations, Notices & Guidance On April 26, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance entit...
“I don’t care if it’s COVID or some other illness,” wu said. “I want to get better.”
Kaiser Health News One night in March 2020, Joy Wu felt like her heart was going to explode. She tried to get up and fell down. She didn’t recognize friends’ names in her list of phone contacts. Remembering how to dial 9-1-1 took “quite a bit of time,” she recalled recently. Wu, 38, didn’t have a fever, cough or sore throat — the symptoms most associated with COVID-19 at the time — so doctors at the hospital told her she was having a panic attack. But later she developed those symptoms, along with difficulty breathing, fatigue and neurological issues. Wu, of San Carlos, Californ...
Doctors scramble to understand long Covid, but causes and prognosis are elusive One night in March 2020, Joy Wu felt like her heart was going to explode. She tried to get up and fell down. She didn't recognize friends' names in her list of phone contacts. Remembering how to dial 9-1-1 took "quite a bit of time," she recalled recently. Wu, 38, didn't have a fever, cough or sore throat — the symptoms most associated with Covid-19 at the time — so doctors at the hospital told her she was having a panic attack. But later she developed those symptoms, along with difficulty breathing, fatigue a...