Biden Says Long COVID Sufferers May Be Eligible For Disability Status; California's Dixie Fire Scares Locals - News Roundup 7.26.2021

The Dixie Fire, “California’s largest wildfire this year, continued to chew through thousands of acres of rough terrain on Monday, prompting evacuation orders and threatening communities in a region scarred by the memory of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest in the state’s history.” -MSN

Plus, although we have yet to look into the formal details, there was a news flash that the Biden administration plans to advance disability status for those proven to suffer from what has been called “long COVID” — long-term lingering symptoms months after their COVID19 infection has gone away. This would provide potential relief and various sorts of protections for those suffering from this debilitating and not yet well understood long-term issue.

Also in the news, Elon Musk’s SpaceX secured the launch contract for NASA’s ambitious Europa Clipper project, a research probe slated to make more than 50 orbital flybys around Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa.

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