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  • Long COVID is significantly underreported across the globe

    Long COVID is significantly underreported across the globe

    Jamie Ducharme

    Long COVID, which has affected more than 400 million people around the world, is often underreported, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Read more…

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    Event announcement: COVID-19 spreads year round. Here’s how to track it.

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    National COVID-19 trends, April 14

  • Research updates, April 14
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Policy & Advocacy

  • This livestream screenshot shows Violet Affleck speaking at the UN. A placard in front of her reads, "Youth advocate." She's wearing an N95 mask.
    September 23, 2025

    Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event

  • September 23, 2025

    Letter to the editors: Concerns about California’s right-to-mask bill

  • September 18, 2025

    Kennedy’s HHS commits to Long COVID, but without clear funding

  • A graphic showing white KN94 masks and yellow and white megaphones in a neat pattern that alternates the two objects. The background is a dark navy.
    September 2, 2025

    How do you get people to care about COVID-19? Here’s what I’ve learned as an organizer.

  • Collage graphic, including a portrait of UK Work and Pensions Minister Sir Stephen Timms, a photo of Sheffield Hallam University's campus, and a photo of advocates from Not Recovered UK raising awareness about ME and Long COVID. The collage also includes screenshots of web pages about disability benefits.
    July 15, 2025

    Left without care: Many Long COVID clinics are closing down in the U.K.

  • A portrait of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., colored in red, with a graphical representation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind him.
    June 19, 2025

    The federal government is restricting COVID-19 vaccine access. Here’s what that means for the ongoing pandemic and people with Long COVID.

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Science

  • A photo shows a temporary 2021 COVID-19 memorial on the lawn below the Washington Monument. White flags, each one representing the death of someone from COVID-19, cover the lawn as people experience the memorial sunny day.
    January 13, 2026

    Research updates, January 13

  • A 3D science illustration of a mitochondrion, the organelle that produces energy. It appears blue and white in the shape of a bean. Orange and red inner membranes glow.
    January 6, 2026

    Research updates, January 6

  • December 23, 2025

    Research updates, December 23

  • A close up photo of the back of an ambulance. The colorful blue and orange painted on the vehicle contrast are emphasized by a partly cloudy sky.
    December 16, 2025

    Research updates, December 16

  • December 16, 2025

    Despite Long COVID’s ongoing impact, research in Colombia is limited

  • A microscope image shows a close up of red blood cells and lymphocytes, or, white blood cells. The red blood cells are pink and round and dominate the slide, while the white blood cells, only five of them, appear bright purple and round.
    December 9, 2025

    Research updates, December 9

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Covid-19

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for December 16, 2025. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with an orange color) and reports a slight increase (represented with a diagonal up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "low*" (darker yellow) and significantly increasing (represented with a straight up arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and slightly increasing. Text below these metrics reads: "* CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    December 16, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, December 16

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for December 9, 2025. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with an orange color) and reports a slight increase (represented with a diagonal up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and stable (represented with a right to left arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and stable. Text below these metrics reads: "* CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    December 9, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, December 9

  • Line chart titled, "Vaccination rates in the U.S., fall 2025." The chart has four lines representing estimated vaccination rates: flu vaccines in adults and children (purple solid line and purple dashed line, respectively), and COVID-19 vaccines in adults and children (teal solid line and teal dashed line). The purple lines representing flu vaccines are much higher, going up toward 40%, than the teal lines representing COVID-19 vaccines. In the latest estimate, for November 22, only 15% of adults and 6% of children have received COVID-19 vaccines. Text below the title notes: "CDC estimates based on survey data from the National Immunization Survey-Fall Respiratory Virus Module, as of December 1, 2025."
    December 2, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, December 2

  • Chart from the CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System showing national and regional trends of wastewater viral activity levels for SARS-CoV-2 over the last six months. The Y axis represents the CDC's activity level score, going from "very low" to "very high." The national trend is represented in black, the Midwest in yellow, South in purple, Northeast in light blue, and West in teal. All four U.S. regions and the national average saw a summer wave from July through September 2025, followed by a lower period in October. Levels have started to increase in the most recent 2-3 weeks of data, especially for the Midwest and Northeast. A note below the chart reads: "Data from the most recent two weeks may be incomplete due to delays in data reporting. These data sets are subject to change and are indicated by the gray shading."
    November 25, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, November 25

  • Two maps of the U.S., with states color-coded according to whether infections are growing, declining, or not changing. The map on the left shows COVID-19 trends and the one on the right shows flu trends. In both maps, dark purple represents "growing" cases, lighter purple represents "likely growing," gray represents "not changing," light teal represents "likely declining," dark teal represents "declining," and white represents "not estimated." The COVID-19 map includes 20 states colored in shades of purple, 9 in shades of teal, and the remainder in gray or white. On the flu map, 39 states are colored in purple for "growing or likely growing." Text above the maps notes that these are estimates as of November 11. Text below the maps shares national trends: "The weekly percentage of ED visits diagnosed with COVID-19 is very low. The COVID-19 epidemic trend is not changing. Probability COVID-19 epidemic is growing: 56.23% (not changing)" and for flu, "The weekly percentage of ED visits diagnosed with Influenza is low. The Influenza epidemic trend is growing. Probability Influenza epidemic is growing: 99.80% (growing)"
    November 18, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, November 18

  • Two line charts from the Maine CDC showing trends in emergency room visits. Text at the top reads: "Percentage of weekly statewide emergency room visits with symptoms, complaints, or diagnoses suggesting respiratory disease. These are not confirmed cases. Figures come from Maine's syndromic surveillance system. They represent rough estimates of the burden of particular syndromes or conditions and should not be interpreted to be exact." Both charts include timeframes from September 1, 2024 to November 1, 2025 with time on the X axis. The Y axis represents share of ER visits that are attributed to potential conditions. The top chart represents potential COVID-19 visits and the bottom one represents flu-like symptoms. Both diseases had waves in winter 2024-25, then COVID-19 had an increase in late summer 2025, and both saw increases in October.
    November 11, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, November 11

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Health

  • Artistic depiction of ME symptoms by a woman who has the disease, showing a woman slumped over with exhaustion in a river of blue and orange
    November 21, 2025

    Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise

  • November 15, 2025

    Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51

  • An arial photo of Utah’s Great Salt Lake and nearby waters near Promontory Point. A road bisects the photo and cuts through the saline valley.
    November 7, 2025

    As the American West faces increasing air pollution, protecting the right to mask is vital

  • Students, competition judges, and organizer Armani Guerra pose behind a large yellow M in an event space at the University of Michigan. The four students hold up a check representing their top prize from the competition.
    November 4, 2025

    Business school competition centers Long COVID and IACCs

  • October 28, 2025

    Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used?

  • October 25, 2025

    NBA player Kristaps Porziņģis shares POTS diagnosis

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Commentary

  • July 23, 2024

    This is what it feels like: Artist visualizes Long COVID symptoms

  • A parent cares for a sick child.
    July 16, 2024

    My daughter has Long Covid. It transformed me into an advocate for Long Covid kids.

  • July 2, 2024

    Don’t just breathe clean air, breathe it well

  • June 25, 2024

    My partner and I both have Long Covid. We tread the underworld together.

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The Sick Times is an independent news site founded by journalists Betsy Ladyzhets and Miles Griffis. We report on the Long COVID crisis, COVID-19, and infection-associated illnesses.

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