Advocates, Public Health Officials Alarmed Admin Scrapped Long COVID Office, Funds

By Jalen Brown / April 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM

Long COVID patient advocates and public health officials are deeply concerned and seeking clarity on whether the Trump administration actually has a plan to address the disease, which at least 20 million Americans have been diagnosed with, after HHS abruptly rescinded nearly $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funding for state and local health departments and shut down the federal Office of Long COVID Research and Practice (OLC) last week.


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