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☆ Millions of people have long Covid, including children and pregnant people, studies show
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Millions of people deal with Covid-19 symptoms long after their initial infections. Estimates of adults who develop long Covid range from 2.5% to 25%, although different studies have different definitions of how “long” Covid is defined. But many studies have found that vaccination lowers the risk of severe disease, which can make long Covid more likely. Long Covid symptoms in children included breathing problems like a cough, shortness of breath and chest tightness, along with fatigue. Studies haven’t fully explained what factors kids with long Covid have in common.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' fund to support homeless families announced $117 million in new grants on Tuesday to organizations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, which is a part of a $2 billion commitment Bezos made in 2018 to support homeless families and to run free preschools. That brings the amount granted by the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund to benefit homeless families to almost $640 million. The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte received a second grant this year after first being awarded $5 million by the fund in 2018. The Bezos Day 1 Families Fund did not give a timeframe for when the pledged $2 billion would be distributed or what portion would go to homeless families. Last year, Bezos gave away $122.2 million and has pledged around $12.8 billion in charitable donations, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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☆ Chrissy Metz, ‘This Is Us’ star, and Bradley Collins split
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —“This is Us” star Chrissy Metz and her boyfriend of more than three years, Bradley Collins, are parting ways. While we continue to love each other very much, we believe this is the best path for us both,” the post reads. We have all the same friends and we’ve been in the same rooms before, but we’ve never connected, so it was interesting,” Metz said at the time. “We really got a chance to know each other because you can’t get to smooching too soon when you’re social-distance dating. Get to know the person you’re dating.”They co-authored a children’s book together titled “When I Talk To God, I Talk About You,” which was released earlier this year.

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