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Rare Disease Day 2021: 5 Reasons Awareness Is Important – Invisibly Me

Rare Disease Day falls on the last day of February, so this year it’s the 28th February 2021. It’s a day to shine a light on the medical conditions that aren’t as common but are no less important, meaningful and potentially disruptive to those that live with them.

Raising awareness is important for the general public, policy makers, industry representatives, researchers, scientists, healthcare providers and patients alike. Every blog post, tweet, Facebook post and conversation counts, each taking the world a step closer to reducing stigma, sparking innovation and encouraging compassion.

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Rightwing group nearly forced Wisconsin to purge thousands of eligible voters

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New state data shows removal of almost 17,000 eligible voters ahead of 2020 election could have been disastrous

A well-connected conservative group in Wisconsin nearly succeeded in forcing the state to kick nearly 17,000 eligible voters off its rolls ahead of the 2020 election, new state data reveals.

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At least 400 US healthcare workers have died of Covid since December

RIP

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At least one in eight health workers lost in the pandemic died after the vaccine became available, analysis shows

As healthcare workers in the US began lining up for their first coronavirus vaccines on 14 December, Esmeralda Campos-Loredo was already fighting for oxygen.

The 49-year-old nursing assistant and mother of two had started having breathing problems just days earlier. By the time the first of her co-workers were getting shots, she was shivering in a tent in the parking lot of a Los Angeles hospital, because no medical beds were available. When she gasped for air, she had to wait all day for relief because there was a critical shortage of oxygen tanks.

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