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Erica Hayes holds a box where she keeps the medical supplies she needs to manage her long-covid symptoms, which include chronic fatigue, an irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, hives, migraines, and internal tremors. (Sarah Boden for KFF Health News)

Long-COVID patients are frustrated that federal research hasn’t found new treatments

Along with claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic has been described as a mass disabling event. Estimates vary, but the CDC puts it at 17 million adults.

The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID19 vaccine are delivered to Penn Medicine's Pennsylvania Hospital on Dec. 15, 2020.

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Penn’s royalties from Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine grow to at least $2 billion after new settlement

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Where to find free vaccines in Philadelphia this winter

This photo provided by Moderna in August 2024 shows packaging and syringes for the company's updated COVID vaccine for ages 12 and older. Philadelphia health officials are encouraging residents to get vaccinated with one of three updated COVID vaccines this fall.

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Some federal funding for COVID vaccines has been cut, but you can still get a free vaccine in Philly

A woman holds two boxes of at-home COVID-19 test kits in Washington on Dec. 22, 2021.

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Long-COVID patients are frustrated that federal research hasn’t found new treatments

Penn’s royalties from Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine grow to at least $2 billion after new settlement

Where to find free vaccines in Philadelphia this winter

Some federal funding for COVID vaccines has been cut, but you can still get a free vaccine in Philly

Federal program offering free COVID tests is now open