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  • New AI tools are helping some people manage Long COVID

    New AI tools are helping some people manage Long COVID

    Mohana Ravindranath

    RTHM and TurnTo recently debuted Long COVID intelligence platforms. Some have found them helpful, but others are concerned about AI. Read more…

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  • National COVID-19 trends, December 23
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, December 23

  • Research updates, December 23
    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, December 23

  • Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear.
    Commentary, Health
    Aly Laube

    Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear.

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Policy & Advocacy

  • September 24, 2024

    Millions of Americans have Long COVID. Will Kamala Harris acknowledge them?

  • Collage showing a crate of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, a map of mask bloc locations, a box of 3M N95 respirators, and a flyer from a mask bloc in Nassau County and Queens, New York introducing how mask blocs distribute free high-quality masks in their communities
    September 10, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 1

  • September 3, 2024

    “Perfect storm” of criminalization: Analyzing mask bans

  • August 13, 2024

    Q&A: NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli on next steps for RECOVER, future Long Covid research plans, and more

  • Sen. Sanders speaks at a January 2024 Senate hearing about Long Covid
    August 6, 2024

    Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces $10 billion Long Covid Moonshot legislation to support research, healthcare, education

  • June 18, 2024

    New NASEM reports offer broad definition, highlight the seriousness of Long Covid

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Science

  • people walking at the hallway while carrying medical supplies
    May 6, 2025

    Research updates, May 6

  • A page in Felicity's diary, covered in a drawing of a light bulb done with black pen and highlighter. Text below the light bulb reads: "A light has been turned on." The adjacent page has images of a flyer for a frog study and flowers.
    May 2, 2025

    How volunteering to become a lab rat paid off

  • Graphic showing how masks measure up, based on a recent study in PLOS One. Medical and cotton masks have a filtration efficiency of around 50%; KF94/KN95s with earloops, level 3 medical masks, and another type of cotton masks are around 70%; and level 1 medical masks and N95 respirators (with overhead straps) are over 90%.
    April 29, 2025

    Research updates, April 29

  • Graphic shows two human figures facing each other, with X-ray-style imaging showing their bones. The figures are lit up in shades of yellow, red, pink, purple, and blue, and the backdrop behind them is blue graph paper.
    April 22, 2025

    This surgery fuses people’s skulls to their spines to treat a condition overlapping with myalgic encephalomyelitis

  • person doing blood test
    April 22, 2025

    Research updates, April 22

  • hands holding rtg picture
    April 15, 2025

    Research updates, April 15

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Covid-19

  • An image of two people talking while wearing KN95 masks, against a background with a light green and white pattern
    January 30, 2025

    The “pandemic of abandonment”: Navigating friendships five years into COVID-19

  • Map of the U.S. by state, with states color-coded according to a metric called Acute Respiratory Illness. Most states are colored in orange for moderate or red for high, with a few states (Michigan, New Jersey, New Hampshire) dark red/purple for very high. Text below the map reads: "Data last updated on January 22, 2025 and presented through January 18, 2025. View this dataset on data.cdc.gov."
    January 28, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, January 28

  • A building complex photographed at sunset
    January 24, 2025

    Some U.S. COVID-19 data are down amid “pause” to federal health communications

  • January 23, 2025

    Long COVID is a smoldering threat to wildland firefighters

  • Chart titled: "Preliminary 2024-2025 U.S. COVID-19 Burden Estimates. CDC estimates* that, from October 1, 2024 through January 11, 2025, there have been:" Followed by side-by-side graphics indicating: 4.4 million-7.9 million COVID-19 illnesses, 1.1 million-1.9 million COVID-19 outpatient visits, 120,000-210,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations, 14,000-25,000 COVID-19 deaths. Note at the bottom reads: "*Based on data from September 29, 2024 through January 11, 2025."
    January 21, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, January 21

  • Line chart titled: "Percentage of Emergency Department (ED) Visits Diagnosed as COVID-19, by Week, in The United States, Reported to CDC." The Y axis shows weekly % ED visits diagnosed as COVID-19, and the X axis shows time, spanning June 2023 to early January 2025. Four peaks are visible: summer 2023, winter 2023-24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-25, with the latter significantly lower than the others.
    January 14, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, January 14

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Health

  • This graphic has the background of an envelope with a map of the world overlaid. On red icons in the shape of the coronavirus, there are small images of an airplane, a bottle of pills, and a person wearing a respirator.
    December 12, 2024

    With no approved treatments and little support, people with Long COVID turn to online drug markets

  • Graphic shows a hand banging a gavel, with a red burst coming out of the base and a text bubble with asterisks and exclamation points.
    December 3, 2024

    We talked to a veteran lawyer about applying for disability insurance with Long COVID and ME

  • This graphic shows a golden staircase leading up to an uncertain location. The walls and sides of the image are in pink and other pastel colors.
    November 11, 2024

    The trouble with recovery stories

  • October 18, 2024

    Solange Knowles thanks chronic illness community, shares POTS, MCAS, and Sjögren’s diagnoses

  • Three researchers stand in a health clinic's waiting area, in between armchairs and a piano. Amy Proal on the left has blonde hair and wears a floral shirt; David Putrino in the middle wears a blue shirt and slacks; Joseph Herrera on the right wears a navy suit. All three wear KN95 masks.
    October 15, 2024

    New Long COVID and complex disease center at Mount Sinai set to be a leader in research, clinical care

  • October 14, 2024

    Filmmaker Jesse Ridgway shares experience with Long COVID with millions of followers

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Commentary

  • February 13, 2024

    Covid-19 reinfections are further disabling people with Long Covid

  • December 19, 2023

    Covid-19 in the hierarchy of the Gaza health crises

  • December 12, 2023

    Virtual town hall recording now available

  • November 28, 2023

    Support Long Covid journalism for #GivingTuesday

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