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EXPLAINER: How Does COVID-19 Affect the Heart? | Health News
The evidence is clear: COVID-19 infection is risky for the heart. Nearly three years into the pandemic, study after study has shown that while COVID-19 initially sparked concerns about the lungs, attention is overdue for the heart. “I think we need to start conceptualizing and thinking of COVID as a risk factor for heart disease,” says Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. It’s an important trend to understand as more than 100 million Americans have had COVID-19 – a number that continues to grow each day with no signs of ceasing. A recent analysis from the American Heart Association found that deaths related to heart…
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How a government debt ceiling crisis could affect future travel
The U.S. government has just reached its debt ceiling for the first time since 2011. Though lawmakers funded the federal government through the end of the fiscal year 2023 in December, they still borrow money to fund ongoing operations via a debt ceiling. “The federal government is like any other person with a credit card in that it limits how much it can borrow to finance extra spending, known as the debt ceiling. That’s essentially to ensure the government can still fund its legal obligations,” Sarah Foster, an economy reporter for Bankrate (a publication owned by TPG’s parent company, Red Ventures), explained. “But running the world’s largest economy gives you…
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