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  • How to interpret clinical trial results for Long COVID

    How to interpret clinical trial results for Long COVID

    Simon Spichak

    With no proven treatments or cures, many people with Long COVID are turning to off-label medications, supplements, and medical devices to treat their symptoms. There are numerous options — and some of them even have clinical trials underway or are reporting results. But even if one study suggests a treatment might work, another might contradict it. Read more…

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  • Research updates, July 21
    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

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  • National COVID-19 trends, July 21
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, July 21

  • Abandoned by our governments, people with severe ME and Long COVID are supported by severely ill peers
    Commentary, International
    Whitney Fox

    Abandoned by our governments, people with severe ME and Long COVID are supported by severely ill peers

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Policy & Advocacy

  • A screenshot of a CDC error page reading, "The page you're looking for was not found," with a red X drawn over it and a red background.
    January 31, 2025

    Breaking: Vital Long COVID data taken down following Trump order

  • This graphic includes a collage of Sen. Todd Young, Trump nominee RFK Jr., and a protestor wearing an N95 and holding a sign reading "LONG COVID DENIAL (does not equal) CURE"
    January 31, 2025

    RECOVER hasn’t been impacted by Trump freezes so far, sources say. But the program’s future is still uncertain.

  • 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

  • A section of the AIDS quilt, featuring tributes to people who died of the disease. Each one is a colorful rectangle with the person's name, details about their life, and graphics. The section for activist Ryan White is black with green letters and a white candle.
    January 14, 2025

    Immune system damage from COVID-19 is different from HIV/AIDS — but the advocacy has parallels

  • Organizer Abby Mahler poses next to a blue wagon full of high-quality masks. N95 masks in different shapes and colors are visible, such as 3M Auras. Mahler is wearing a N95 and giving a peace sign.
    January 10, 2025

    COVID-19 advocates are distributing masks to protect Californians from wildfire smoke

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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

  • A line chart from the CDC, titled "National and Regional Trends: This chart shows national and regional trends of wastewater viral activity levels of SARS-COV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19)." The chart includes five lines representing geographic areas: black for national trends, yellow for the Midwest, purple for the South, light blue for the Northeast, and darker blue-green for the West. The Y axis represents wastewater viral activity level and the X axis represents time, spanning August 2024 to August 2025. The chart shows a surge in summer 2024, one in winter 2024-2025, and recent increases in cases. Despite significant increases in all regions, current levels are labeled as "low" and "moderate."
    August 19, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, August 19

  • Line chart showing COVID-19 test positivity from the network of PCR labs reporting to the CDC. Title: "COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) Percent Positivity, by Week, in Region 6, Reported to CDC." A note below the chart clarifies that Region 6 covers Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Y axis represents weekly % test positivity and the X axis represents time, going from August 2023 to August 2025. In that time, this region experienced waves in summer 2023, winter 2023-24, and summer 2024, and a smaller uptick in winter 2024-25. Most recently, test positivity jumped significantly in late July/early August 2025.
    August 12, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, August 12

  • Map of the U.S. by state, with states color-coded according to their recent COVID-19 trends. 28 states are colored in dark red for "growing" and 13 are in bright orange for "likely growing." 8 are in gray for "not changing" and two are in yellow for "not estimated." The map is titled, "COVID-19 trends by state, July 29." Data are sourced from the CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics.
    August 5, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, August 5

  • Line chart titled, "Regional SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The chart includes lines representing the four main U.S. regions: purple for Midwest, pink for South, yellow for Northeast, green for West. The X axis represents time, going from March 2024 to July 2025, and the Y axis represents SARS-CoV-2 concentration, copies per mL. All four regions experienced COVID-19 waves in summer 2024 and winter 2024-25, though magnitude differed somewhat (with lower spread in the winter in the West and South compared to the Midwest and Northeast). In the most recent data, all four regions are reporting increases, with the highest levels in the West.
    July 29, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 29

  • Line chart showing COVID-19 test positivity between summer 2023 and 2025. The chart is titled, "COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) Percent Positivity, by Week, in The United States, Reported to CDC." The X axis represents time, from May 2023 to July 2025, and the Y axis represents weekly % test positivity for COVID-19 tests reported in a CDC lab network. The chart shows COVID-19 waves in summer 2023, winter 2023-24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-25. The most recent data shows a significant increase between June 28 and July 12, 2025, though the line is dashed to indicate that recent data are preliminary and subject to change.
    July 22, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 22

  • Map of the U.S. by state, with states colored according to their wastewater viral activity levels for SARS-CoV-2. The chart is titled, "COVID-19 wastewater viral activity levels, July 5," and additional text below the title reads: "Wastewater viral activity levels of SARS-CoV-2 for U.S. states, for the week between June 29 and July 5, 2025. Note that the CDC's activity levels are based on already-high baselines." Four states are colored in dark red for "high" levels: Florida, Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii. Five states are colored in orange for "moderate" levels: California, Nevada, Colorado, Louisiana, South Carolina. Most other states are colored in yellow for "low" levels or light green for "very low" levels. North Dakota is colored in gray for "no data."
    July 15, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 15

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Health

  • A person sits cross-legged on a city sidewalk, huddled in a winter coat. They hold a cardboard sign that reads: "COVID sucks, hard and lonely times, thank you." There is a white bucket sitting in front of them, reading: "Anything helps, thank you, God bless."
    June 17, 2025

    Long COVID is increasing housing insecurity, but support programs fail to help

  • Graphic showing a stained glass window, with light streaming through in shades of red, orange, pink, brown, blue, and other colors. There is a red shape of a cross at the center of the window.
    June 6, 2025

    Churches are ignoring the Long COVID crisis. Some say it’s at odds with Christian values.

  • A group of advocates standing in front of Los Angeles City Hall, an imposing white building with palm trees out front. Everyone in the group is wearing high-quality masks, and advocates toward the front hold a banner with the words, "Lie Down 4 Long Covid."
    June 2, 2025

    Los Angeles’ $13M COVID-19 relief funds could go to building upgrades, not Long COVID care

  • Graphic showing a red cross with a large crack running through its center, against a backdrop with small white coronavirus particles on an orange background
    June 2, 2025

    Emergency departments aren’t trained for Long COVID — and patients are paying the price

  • Graphic showing an image of an emergency room sign (shaded in red), a person placing their hand on their chest (shaded in green), and a black and white backdrop of blood cells and SARS-CoV-2 molecules.
    April 25, 2025

    COVID-19 triggered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism that led to long-term lung damage. It took two ER trips before doctors believed me.

  • 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

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Commentary

  • An image shows a selfie of Mustafa Talat, a Pakistani doctor, in personal protective equipment including a high quality mask and hooded coverall suit. He also wears stylish wire framed glasses. The image is repeated three times - two of them have a light blue filter.
    April 17, 2026

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

  • ID: Alice Wong, an Asian-American woman in her early 50s, wears a black blouse and black and white pants. She rocks a rich red lipstick and has a watermelon pin on her shirt in support of Palestine. She has a tracheostomy attached to a ventilator.
    April 10, 2026

    Alice Wong showed us Disability Justice makes our advocacy stronger

  • An aerial photograph displays a small wood cabin beside a meadow surrounded by a forest. It is a snowy scene, and late day light casts long shadows of evergreen and deciduous trees.
    April 7, 2026

    I moved into a tiny home in the woods after getting Long COVID.

  • The image is a selfie of Marcia Doherty, a woman who sits in a medical bed in a medical facility. She wears a blue and white striped hat, stylish tan glasses, an white N95 mask, and a white and black t-shirt.
    March 20, 2026

    Marcia: Life with severe ME is like screaming into the void

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