New antiviral drug molnupiravir can eliminate COVID-19 in just 3 days – Study Finds

Source: New antiviral drug molnupiravir can eliminate COVID-19 in just 3 days – Study Finds

Opinion: Peace in Europe Must Now Be Defended Against Putin’s Russia – DER SPIEGEL

An Editorial by Mathieu von Rohr
The horrific crimes committed by Russian soldiers in Vladimir Putin’s war of extermination shows that a return to the old status quo will not be possible with this Russia. Germany should be doing everything in its power to back Ukraine.

Source: Opinion: Peace in Europe Must Now Be Defended Against Putin’s Russia – DER SPIEGEL

Opinion | Americans on Medicaid Could Soon Lose Health Insurance – The New York Times

Many of the millions of people who lose Medicaid coverage, either because they no longer qualify or because they are otherwise dropped from the state’s rolls, sometimes mistakenly, are likely to discover they are uninsured only when they next seek medical care, such as when they visit a clinic or go to a pharmacy to refill a prescription.

And that’s in a country where an inhaler can cost $50 to $100, a doctor’s visit typically costs over $100, and a hospitalization for Covid-19 can run tens of thousands of dollars.

On top of all that, the enhanced government subsidies to buy Affordable Care Act health plans — provisions of the American Rescue Plan that make insurance more affordable for low and even some middle-income people — expire at year’s end. For example, premiums for a silver level health plan that would normally cost $560 a month, on average, were reduced to just $390 with the extra government support for someone earning $55,000 a year, resulting in an annual savings of over $2,000.

When those enhanced subsidies expire, many lower-income Americans could be left with the prospect of paying double for health coverage.

The Build Back Better Bill, which passed the House in November, would have extended the more generous subsidies for purchasing A.C.A. health plans. But the bill was declared “dead” by Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, this year, who refused to support it. Now Democratic leaders are hoping to negotiate a slimmed-down version of the bill, but it’s unclear whether a bill will materialize with the provision in it.

It is a perilous time to throw low- and middle-income Americans off the insurance cliff: A new Omicron subvariant is spreading, and a program that provided coronavirus testing and Covid treatment at no cost to the uninsured expired in March because the government ran out of funds to support it. Another program that provided vaccination at no cost to patients is set to end this month.

Covid: Nine new symptoms added to official list – BBC News

Covid infections are at a record level in the UK, with 4.9 million people (about one in 13 of us) testing positive for the virus. Free testing for most people in England ended last week.

The NHS says people should stay at home and avoid others only if you have Covid symptoms and a high temperature, or if your symptoms are so bad that you are not well enough to work.

Prof Tim Spector, from King’s College London, has been campaigning for an expanded list of symptoms because of data from people tracking their symptoms in the Zoe Covid-19 app.

Source: Covid: Nine new symptoms added to official list – BBC News

The Most Accessible Tuition-Free College Plan Just Became Law in New Mexico

As of last Friday, New Mexico became one of a number states, including New York, Indiana and Washington, to offer citizens tuition-free college. And New Mexico’s law has been lauded by advocates as being far and away the most comprehensive to date.

Not only is the program open to all residents, from recent high school graduates to adults seeking part-time education—it’s also unrestricted by household income and open to immigrants, regardless of their citizenship status. While most states who’ve implemented tuition-free or partial tuition-free plans are usually limited when a student’s financial aid is applied, this plan covers tuition and fees before any scholarships or any form of financial aid are even applied. Students are then able to allocate those funds toward other frivolous expenses, like food, housing and childcare.

Introduced as Senate Bill 140 and backed by both Republicans and Democrats, the law sailed through the state Senate and effectively replaced the current Lottery Scholarship with The Opportunity Scholarship Act. Thousands of New Mexico residents will be able to apply as soon as July 1, 2022.

Source: The Most Accessible Tuition-Free College Plan Just Became Law in New Mexico

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Sem podium de chegada

ou beijo de namorada

eu sou mais um cara

Mas se você achar que tô derrotado

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por que o tempo

o tempo não pára

dias sim, dias não

eu vou sobrevivendo sem um arranhão

na caridade de quem me detesta

a tua piscina está cheia de ratos

Tua ideias não correspondem aos fatos

o tempo não para

eu vejo um futuro repetir o passado

eu vejo um museu de grandes novidades

o tempo não para

não para não não para…”

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Dear Congress, You Needed to Pass Funding for Pandemic Relief…Last Week

Blind Injustice

Note to readers: This post is going to be unlike any other blog post I’ve ever done, in that this is going to be written like a letter, namely, an open letter to Congress. I hope this open letter will inspire others who care about the issue I am writing about to think about this further, and perhaps write letters to their own congressional representatives about the issue I write on here.

Additionally, I will add that there are reports that Congress has agreed to a deal on this. To my knowledge, the deal hasn’t passed yet so I decided to still publish tonight’s post.

Dear Congress,

Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be tempting to throw in the towel and say that the pandemic is over, endemic, or not a big deal. But not one of those three things is a reality yet. As of…

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