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  • I developed Long COVID while practicing medicine. The system had no place for me.

    I developed Long COVID while practicing medicine. The system had no place for me.

    Mustafa Talat

    I was three hours into my internal medicine ward call when the brain fog descended like a curtain dropping mid-performance. Read more…

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  • Long COVID is significantly underreported across the globe
    Health, International, Policy & Advocacy
    Jamie Ducharme

    Long COVID is significantly underreported across the globe

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

  • National COVID-19 trends, April 14
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, April 14

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Policy & Advocacy

  • Collage graphic showing a group of ME advocates at an awareness demonstration, the Minnesota state capitol building, a portrait of house speaker Lisa Demuth, and a vial of blood, overlaid with boxes in pastel blue, green, purple, and pink.
    May 7, 2025

    Minnesota House budget proposes eliminating state Long COVID program

  • A graphic titled: "Long COVID Mode, Real-world Long COVID symptoms translated into in-game effects." Below the text, a video game character is shown hunched over, as though struggling to manage a symptom. Energy bars above his head indicate that he is facing reduced vitality, cognitive dysfunction, and reduced stamina. At the bottom of the image, the graphic shows that this mode was created for Elden Ring, The Witcher, and Minecraft, through collaboration with Long COVID Europe.
    May 6, 2025

    “Long COVID Mode”: Seeing the crisis through games

  • Collage graphic showing President Trump holding a chainsaw, standing in front of a sign for the CDC's campus. The image is cast in red light and has a foreboding vibe.
    April 15, 2025

    $11 billion CDC funding cuts may decimate Long COVID response in several states

  • A person wearing an eye mask and headphones lying on the ground in a public space, holding a sign with information about Severe ME/CFS Awareness Day in English and German.
    April 4, 2025

    An international emergency task force is urgently needed for Severe Long COVID and ME crisis cases

  • an old fashioned vintage Valentine of two young men with blue shirts and shorts and the heads of John Oliver and Jon Stewart on each carrying a string of forget-me-not flowers with red hearts. They have striped knee socks and appear to be frolicking. Above them is “Forget M.E. Not” and below “#John Vs Jon Vs ME #Greatest Medical Scandal Valentine’s Edition.” Outside the Valentine, there is a collage of letters, hearts, and flowers.
    March 31, 2025

    The history of ME deserves a late-night spotlight. That’s why we started the #JohnVsJonVsME campaign.

  • March 28, 2025

    UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored

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Science

  • A microscopic image shows a microclot, or tiny blood clot, that apparently originated from the combination of two microclots resulting from NETs association. The photo labels different parts of the microclot, which appears red, blue, green, and yellow.
    November 11, 2025

    Research updates, November 11

  • View of the Berlin Victory Column from a Park, Berlin, Germany. The tower glows in late day light between dark fall foliage.
    November 4, 2025

    Research updates, November 4

  • A graphic featuring a photo of the Long COVID Treatment Trial testing kit: a package, colored teal on the inside, that includes a Garmin device, smart scale, and other supplies for the trial, along with instructions. The kit is shown three times, with a background that is light orange with white spots
    October 30, 2025

    We need more at-home clinical trials for Long COVID. Here’s how we designed the largest one yet.

  • October 28, 2025

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

  • Colorized electron micrograph scan of a T-cell, a type of white blood cell. The cell appears as a yellow mass with many intersecting pieces
    October 28, 2025

    Research updates, October 28

  • A street vendor in a respirator cooks in front of an orange bus
    October 21, 2025

    Research updates, October 21

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Covid-19

  • September 30, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, September 30

  • 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

    National COVID-19 trends, September 23

  • A portrait photo of Caitlin Rivers, against a colorful background showing pieces of charts and trendlines
    September 18, 2025

    Epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers shares advice for interpreting COVID-19 and other infectious disease data

  • Chart from Biobot Analytics titled, "Regional SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The Y axis represents effective concentration of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, copies per mL, and the X axis represents time, spanning from May 2024 to September 2025. The chart includes four lines representing U.S. regions: pink for the South, yellow for the Northeast, purple for the Midwest, green for the West. All four regions saw COVID-19 waves in summer 2024, winter 2024-25, and summer 2025, though there are regional differences. The Northeast and Midwest had much higher levels than the other two regions in winter 2024-25, and the South and West had higher levels in summer 2025. Viral levels may have peaked for this wave in the South and West, according to the latest update (as of early September).
    September 16, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, September 16

  • A screenshot of a line chart from the CDC dashboard. Text on the left reads: "% Test Positivity: 10.8% Week ending 2025-08-30. Previous Week: 11.6%" The chart itself has a Y axis representing test positivity, going from 2% (the lowest tick mark) to 14%. The X axis represents time, spanning September 2024 to August 2025. In a recent lull between winter 2024-2025 and summer 2025 surges, the line goes down to the bottom but is not actually at zero, as shown with an annotation in red ink marking 2.7% at the lowest point.
    September 9, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, September 9

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Health

  • A portrait photo of Caitlin Rivers, against a colorful background showing pieces of charts and trendlines
    September 18, 2025

    Epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers shares advice for interpreting COVID-19 and other infectious disease data

  • Cartoon-style graphic showing a conveyer belt of people walking through a building labeled "REHA." One person inside the building appears bombarded by negative energy, and two figures on the other side appear to have experienced worsened symptoms following their journey. One is slumped over in a wheelchair and the second is lying on the conveyer belt. The image's background is a gradient of dark blue and purple.
    September 16, 2025

    Germany’s “Reha” clinics aren’t set up for Long COVID. And patients are reporting harm.

  • September 5, 2025

    Building a “community wiki” of Long COVID care: Salvatore Mattera on the Help for Long COVID review site

  • Collage graphic showing a chicken on the left, with an orange filter, a cow on the right, in black and white, and a cutout of a farmworker's silhouette in the center.
    August 27, 2025

    Despite waning headlines, bird flu is still a threat. Here’s how you can help farmworkers.

  • August 22, 2025

    The crisis is “exasperating”: Long COVID compounds economic hardship in Argentina

  • 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.

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Commentary

  • A disease awareness ribbon in the colors teal and gray sits on top of a watercolor map of the world.
    March 14, 2025

    Our community came together to start International Long COVID Awareness Day in 2023. Here’s how you can get involved this year.

  • Photo of Rory Preston with a black and white filter, in front of a blue background with white strings of code and a design evoking biochemistry diagrams
    March 11, 2025

    Accurate statistics for ME and Long COVID are vital. That’s why I started a patient-led organization to “crunch” the diseases.

  • Photo of a banner reading, "LONG COVID KILLS," in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
    March 7, 2025

    Half a decade of Long COVID

  • A purple flyer with black text reads, “Commemorating Long COVID Awareness Day with The Sick Times. Panel discussion: The Sick Times editors Betsy Ladyzhets + Heather Hogan. Local Long COVID and COVID-19 organizers. Essay readings from The Sick Times contributors. Audience Q&A. Nonbinarian Bookstore. 1130 President St, Brooklyn NY. 7 pm - 9 PM. March 18. All in-person attendees are required to wear high-quality masks (KN95/N95 or better), no exceptions. Testing beforehand is encouraged. If you don’t feel well, please stay home!” Betsy Ladyzhets and Heather Hogan are featured in rectangle photos on the left of the page. They’re both holding microphones and wearing KN95/N95 masks at different events.
    March 4, 2025

    Event announcement: Commemorating Long COVID Awareness Day

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