The Federal Office dedicated to the Long Kovid research should be closed after Trump administration Decision on reducing the workforce of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Ian Simon, head of the Office for Prolonged Research and Practice (OLC), posted on Monday UE -Poruci, Politico reported.
“The Office for Long Research and Practice Kovida will be closed as part of the reorganization of the administration that is coming this week,” UE -MAILU, Politico reports. “We are proud of what we have achieved together, progressing understanding, resources and support of people living with long covids.”
The Fox News Digital addressed HHS -in Simon for more information, but they did not answer immediately.
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Health care staff is prone to a patient with a covid. (Lisa Maree Williams)
It’s unclear when Olc He will even close whether his staff will remain employed by the Federal Government.
The Biden Era Office was founded as a federal response to a widespread and Long -term effects of coidawhich can result in chronic states that require comprehensive care.
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The US Ministry of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC, the long research office for the Kovida should be closed as part of HHS for reorganization. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
The decision to close the office comes after the HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. During his hearing in January, he said he was dedicated to continuing financing and priorities with long -term research.
However, President Donald Trump sent HHS UA Presidential action Last month “abolished the counseling committee of the secretary for Long Covid”.
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A woman who struggles with a long man for almost a year is resting on her couch in Fairfax, Virginia on February 3, 2022. (Carolyn Van Houten/Washington Post)
National Health Institutes (nih) announced that more than $ 1.5 billion has been approved in recent years to explore the recovery improving initiative (recovery), which studies the influence long skin.
In 2023, he reported that 23 million people had influenced the disease, while centers for the control and prevention of the disease in 2023 were estimated that 6% of adult Americans had suffered from a long Kovid, which is a drop of 7.5% in 2022.
“While our office closes, we hope that the job we are dedicated to will continue in some form,” the UE -Studies.
