long-covid

Allowing employees with long COVID to have flexible hours and work from home are just two ways companies can help accommodate workers with long COVID. (Getty Images)

Long COVID is hurting business; workplace accommodations could help
BY: - April 17, 2023

The total cost of long COVID to the U.S. economy is a fluid figure.

Emily Withnall was living in Montana when she contracted COVID-19. In the two years since then, she's moved to New Mexico and found a job but says she's also experienced a laundry list of symptoms that have hampered her ability to live, work and provide for her family. (Photo by Gino Gutierrez)

Millions of workers are dealing with long COVID. Advocates call for expanding social safety net
BY: - October 23, 2022

Sixteen million people of working age in the U.S. suffer with long COVID and of those, from 2 to 4 million people were unemployed in June and July.

Biden administration details new research plan on ‘long COVID’ illness
BY: - April 5, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced plans Tuesday to create a national research action plan that could provide answers to public health officials trying to diagnose and treat so-called long COVID-19. The illness that lasts for months and possibly even years has so far confounded doctors trying to figure out exactly why some people are […]

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