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A San Antonio physician on the front lines of caring for patients suffering from the lasting effects of COVID-19 testified before a congressional committee Thursday, urging lawmakers to ensure long COVID-19 patients can get the care they need.

Congress needs to make it easier for people who are disabled by long-term Covid-19 conditions to access Medicare benefits, advocates and medical doctors told lawmakers at a hearing Thursday.

The Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project estimates that the total income lost by people with long-term Covid-19 symptoms is $88.8 billion, it said in an open letter to President Biden and other federal officials that called for the creation of long Covid assistance programs.

Austin Public Health will open a new, federally funded COVID-19 testing site on Feb. 1 at Metz Elementary School, located at 84 Robert T. Martinez Jr. St. in East Austin.

A free COVID-19 testing site will open at the now-closed Metz Elementary School in East Austin on Tuesday. The site will offer PCR testing seven days a week through Feb. 21.

SAN ANTONIO — Today marks 100 years since the first successful insulin treatment, which has saved millions of lives.

2021 began with an attempt to overthrow our government, culminating in the deadly January 6th attack on our Capitol and ending the long American tradition of peacefully transitioning power. It continued with so many families encountering adversity.

After the pandemic disrupted education and the workplace, enrollment in schools dipped, particularly in kindergarten and preschool, as parents opted to keep their kids at home.