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Each week in Connection, your Academy highlights press coverage and advocacy efforts of our members. Using Google Alerts and notifications received directly from members, we compile the stories and share them with your peers.

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2020-2021 Members in the News

Apr 14, 2023

How Do We Treat Long COVID Podcast
Track the Vax: The New Normal, December 2021, featuring Jonathan Whiteson, MD, FAAPMR

Long COVID Guidance Focuses on Breathing Discomfort, Cognitive Symptoms
MedPage Today, December 2021, featuring Benjamin Abramoff, MD, FAAPMR

How does COVID-19 affect the brain? A troubling picture emerges
National Geographic, November 2021, featuring Billie Schultz, MD, FAAPMR

How to retrain your brain to get back your sense of smell after COVID-19
FOX 5, October 2021, featuring Eric Wisotzky, MD, FAAPMR

These Physicians Are on the Long-COVID Front Lines
MedPage Today, September 2021, featuring Steven Flanagan, MD, FAAPMR

Training the breathing muscle after Covid; Study shows damage in patients but repair is possible
WGN9, July 2021, featuring Colin Franz, MD, PhD, FAAPMR

A long road back from COVID-19
WBEZ Chicago, July 2021, featuring Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, FAAPMR 

Program offers help for those suffering long after a COVID-19 infection 
Center Times Plus, July 2021, featuring Surendra Barshikar, MD, FAAPMR

What the U.S. Can Learn From the U.K.’s Response to Long Covid
Bloomberg, July 2021, featuring Alba M. Azola, MD, FAAPMR

CDC's new guidance for treating COVID-19 long-haulers warns against relying on labs, imaging results alone
Fierce Healthcare, June 2021, Steven Flanagan, MD, FAAPMR

AAPM&R Applauds New CDC Guidance on Caring for Patients with Long COVID, Calls for Comprehensive National Efforts to Support Execution of New Guidance
AAPM&R News Release, June 2021, featuring Steven Flanagan, MD, FAAPMR

CDC releases framework for treating COVID-19 long-haulers
Becker's Hospital Review,  June 2021, featuring Steven Flanagan, MD, FAAPMR

Nearly Half of COVID-19 Patients Left Hospital in Worse Physical Condition 
M Health Lab, 
May 2021, featuring Edward Claflin, MD, FAAPMR

For COVID-19 'Long-Haulers,' Neurologists Focus on Acute Symptoms | The Search Is on for Causes of Long-Term Events
NeurologyToday®, 
May 2021, featuring Ginger Polich, MD, FAAPMR

A John Hopkins Multispecialty Clinic Treats the Gamut of Post-COVID-19 Symptoms
John Hopkins Medicine
, April 2021, featuring Soo Yeon Kim, MD, FAAPMR & Alba Azola, MD, FAAPMR

Long COVID and children: The unseen casualties of COVID-19
Medical News Today, April 2021, featuring Amanda Morrow, MD, FAAPMR

Helping COVID long-haulers spurs start of Freehold Township physiatry practice
app.,  April 2021, featuring Todd Copperman, MD, FAAPMR

Ballad urges people with lasting post-COVID symptoms to seek care 
Times News, April 2021, featuring Paul Jett, MD, FAAPMR

 They tested negative for the coronavirus but still have 'long COVID' symptoms
Chicago Sun Times, April 2021, featuring Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, FAAPMR 

The Way Out of Brain Fog
The Atlantic, April 2021, featuring Benjamin Abramoff, MD, FAAPMR

Clinics pop up to treat long-haulers' lingering COVID-19 symptoms
ABC News, April 2021, featuring Benjamin Abramoff, MD, FAAPMR

Unlocking the Mysteries of Long COVID
The Atlantic, April 2021, featuring Dayna McCarthy, DO, FAAPMR

They Had Mild Covid. Then Their Serious Symptoms Kicked In.
The New York Times, March 2021, featuring Kathleen Bell, MD, FAAPMR

Covid-19 Can Linger In The Brain: Covid Recovery Clinics Can Help
Forbes
, March 2021, featuring Talya Fleming, MD, FAAPMR

COVID-19 One Year Later: Addressing Health Care Needs for At-Risk Americans
United States Senate Special Committee On Aging, March 2021, featuring Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAPMR

Improving the Journey For Long Haulers
IDSE, March 2021, featuring Kathleen Bell, MD, FAAPMR and Soo Yeon Kim, MD, FAAPMR

COVID:The Longest Year | A year-long search for answers bedevils 'long-haulers' around Colorado Springs 
The Gazette, March 2021, featuring Janna Friedly, MD, MPH, FAAPMR

UNC doctor helps explain long-term impact of COVID-19
WRAL, March 2021, featuring John Michael Barratta, MD, MBA, FAAPMR

Newly approved T-cell test is a more accurate way to tell if you’ve had COVID-19, experts say
KSAT.com
, March 2021, featuring Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, FAAPMR

Guidelines in the Works as 'Long-Haul' Patterns Emerge in COVID
Medscape
, February 2021, featuring Kathleen Bell, MD, FAAPMR

Their view: Post-COVID care developing into needed healthcare specialty
Times Leader, 
February 2021, featuring Michael Wolk, MD, FAAPMR

COVID-19 'long-haulers' spark area health care movement to create new coronavirus recovery programs, clinics
16 ABC The News Station
, February 2021, featuring Alba Azola, MD

Almost a third of people with 'mild' Covid-19 still battle symptoms months later, study finds
CNN, February 2021, featuring Dayna McCarthy, DO, FAAPMR

What If You Never Get Better From Covid-19?
The New York Times, January 2021, featuring Dayna McCarthy, DO, FAAPMR

New Recovery Programs Target COVID Long-Haulers
MedPage Today, 
September 2020, featuring Jeffrey Fine, MD, FAAPMR