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Florida governor vetoes funding for mental health services for Pulse shooting survivors

Loading the player… Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has sparked outrage after he cut mental health funding for services for survivors and family members of victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting. On Wednesday, DeSantis slashed $ 900,000 in funding for LGBTQ programs that serve people in Central Florida. According to reports, before approving a new… Read More »

A Third of COVID Survivors Have Long-Haul Symptoms

Nearly 31% of patients said they had a worse health-related quality of life now, compared to before getting COVID-19, the researchers reported. It’s not yet clear why COVID-19 causes these lasting effects. Many viruses are capable of creating what’s known as “post-viral syndrome,” which experts describe as health problems that persist long after the infection… Read More »

AstraZeneca re-ups with fitness guru—and Brilinta user—Bob Harper to build out heart attack survivors community

Bob Harper is back again in AstraZeneca’s cardiac survivor awareness effort. AZ re-signed the fitness guru and TV personality, who famously survived a near-fatal heart attack in 2017, for the third year of their joint “Survivors Have Heart” campaign. Harper also stars in AstraZeneca’s DTC campaign for blood thinner Brilinta, including a TV ad where he talks… Read More »