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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

    Research updates, July 21

  • 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

  • January 6, 2025

    How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

  • Portrait of Dr. Gemma Carey, with a forest green background
    December 23, 2024

    Dr. Gemma Carey, Australian public health scholar and Long COVID advocate, dies at 43

  • December 18, 2024

    California Governor Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency for bird flu

  • This edited graphic shows the faces of several Trump picks for top federal government agencies, such as RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya, arranged in a circle around a diagram of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Trump's face is in the center. The background of the image is a mashup of newspaper columns.
    November 26, 2024

    “Don’t give up hope”: Long COVID advocates and researchers say crucial work will continue under Trump

  • Portrait of Neil Riley
    November 22, 2024

    Advocacy groups suspend ties with U.K. charity The ME Association over chairman’s op-ed

  • November 5, 2024

    We set out to make our ‘invisible illness’ visible in South Africa with SICK Pride

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Science

  • A black and white photo shows a close of up of a person's arm as they put on a nicotine patch. Doodles in bright yellow laid of over the image read "Nicotine" and display the chemical signature of nicotine with one of the hexagons of the molecule over the patch.
    October 17, 2025

    Nicotine patches help relieve symptoms in some people with Long COVID. Can the science behind it lead to future therapies?

  • A colorized electron micrograph of pink HPV particles contrast on a light blue background.
    October 14, 2025

    Research updates, October 14

  • Graphic with a zebra-print background, representing EDS awareness. At the center of the image, there is a plus icon for healthcare offset with cartoon representations of the virus SARS-CoV-2.
    October 7, 2025

    Getting diagnosed with hypermobility can help some people with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier.

  • A close up profile of a child wearing a teal KN94 respirator
    October 7, 2025

    Research updates, October 7

  • A scientific drawing shows a blood clot, with red blood cells trapped in a white fibrin mesh.
    September 30, 2025

    Research updates, September 30

  • Photo of an art piece: a white object, shaped like an egg, with painted representations of the virus SARS-CoV-2 across its surface
    September 26, 2025

    Long COVID is not FND, but some patients are getting diagnosed with it. Here’s what to do if it happens to you.

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Covid-19

  • alt text: Map of the U.S., with states color-coded according to whether COVID-19 cases are growing or declining based on CDC forecasts. Text above the map reads: "As of July 1, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 18 states, declining or likely declining in 3 states, and not changing in 23 states." States with "growing" infections, colored in dark purple, are Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Alaska. 14 other states across the South and West regions have "likely growing" infections, colored in lighter purple. States with "declining or likely declining" infections are colored in green, and the rest of the map is gray for "not changing" or white for "not estimated."
    July 8, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 8

  • Bar chart titled, "Published Sequences from NS3, CDC Sequencing Contracts, and Other CDC Sequencing Efforts: Weekly Published Sequences." The X axis represents time, from January 2021 to May 2025, while the Y axis represents SARS-CoV-2 sequences published each week. The number of sequences published increased and decreased along with COVID-19 spread from 2021 through 2023 but generally stated over 10,000 per week, peaking near 100,000 in early 2022. Since mid-2023, the number of sequences published has declined dramatically, typically staying under 2,000 a week in 2025. The bars are color-coded, with dark blue representing sequences published by the CDC itself and light blue representing sequences published by public health laboratories (PHLs) and partners.
    July 1, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 1

  • Graphic titled, "State Summary of California for SARS-CoV-2 (Last Update: 06/18/2025." The graphic includes two boxes with summary text on the left side and a line chart on the right side. The boxes read: "State Aggregated Summary: Level: Medium; Trend (compared to 21 days ago): Plateau 19%; Data Source: All Laboratories. 21 day Trend Summary: Number of sites reporting data in past 21 days: 63; Increasing at 21/63 sites (33%); Decreasing at 34/53 sites (54%); Plateauing at 8/63 sites (13%); Concentrations too low to define trends at 0/63 sites (0%)." The line chart on the right is titled, "State Aggregated Plot for SARS-CoV-2." It shows data from July 2024 through June 2025, and displays a significant summer surge in 2024, a smaller winter surge in 2024-25, and a slow increase in SARS-CoV-2 levels in the last several weeks. Levels for the last 21 days of data have passed CDPH's threshold for "low" and are now "medium."
    June 24, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 24

  • 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.

  • A screenshot of two CDC charts, one on the left is a bar chart and on the right is a table. The bar chart is titled: "Weighted and Nowcast Estimates in the United States for 2-Week Periods in 2/16/2025 to 6/7/2025." Below, it shows eight bars, each representing a two-week period. Every bar has color-coded sections corresponding to different SARS-CoV-2 variants. The right-most two bars are shaded in gray to indicate that they are modeled estimates for recent weeks, with data subject to change. The table on the right is titled, "Nowcast Estimates in United States for 5/25/2025 to 6/7/2025." It shows variant estimates for the most recent two-week period, with colors corresponding to the bars on the left. Variant LP.8.1, in bright orange, has dominated the variant landscape for most recent weeks, but a new variant called NB.1.8.1 is now quickly taking over. It's estimated to cause 37% of new cases in the most recent two-week period, though it has a large confidence interval, spanning 13% to 68%.
    June 17, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 17

  • Line chart from the CDC, titled: "Percentage of Emergency Department (ED) Visits Diagnosed as COVID-19, by Week, in The United States, Reported to CDC." The share of weekly ED visits diagnosed as COVID are represented with an orange line. The Y axis represents the % of weekly visits, and the X axis represents time, spanning December 2022 through May 2025. The chart shows several COVID-19 waves, and most recently shows the winter 2024-25 wave followed by a slow decline in COVID-caused ED visits. In the most recent week of data, this value went back up slightly.
    June 10, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 10

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Health

  • Stock image of physical therapy equipment: a stress ball shaped like a virus, a pair of dumbbells, a yoga mat, bands
    April 21, 2025

    Letter to the editors: The University of Washington’s Long COVID clinic

  • 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 patient room inside a medical facility, mostly taken up by a cushioned board with straps at the sides, a pillow at one end, and a platform at the other. Off to one side is a shelf with monitors and other medical instruments.
    April 8, 2025

    “It’s like torture”: The tilt table test could be risky for many people with Long COVID

  • Many baby chickens clustered together in a poultry farm
    April 1, 2025

    What we know about the U.S. bird flu outbreak and its chronic disease risk

  • Portrait of two women famers carrying saplings on their heads
    March 14, 2025

    “There is no money to survive”: Long COVID pushes India’s marginalized workers deeper into poverty

  • Graphic shows a medical provider wearing a KN95 mask and sitting at a monitor, with a red-pink-purple-blue gradient and outwardly-radiating lines in the background
    February 28, 2025

    A lack of provider literacy is straining people with Long COVID. Training programs for doctors could help.

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Commentary

  • A bright red and yellow graphic. At the center is a circular cut-out of text from the Affordable Care Act, with X-s for eyes and a mouth on top of it in drawn in black lines, and red spikes around the edges of the circle. There are bolded exclamation points on either sides of the cut-out text.
    January 27, 2025

    As someone with Long COVID, I’m terrified of what could happen to the Affordable Care Act

  • At the front, a row of protestors in wheelchairs display signs in support of Palestinian liberation. Essay author Jenna Bitar is second from left. Comrades are supporting the wheelchair users, and other members of the march are visible behind them, as well as businesses and homes of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
    January 17, 2025

    Instead of supporting people with Long COVID, our government funds a genocide

  • 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

  • Graphic adapted from the cover of The Covid Safety Handbook. Text in light blue shows the title and author, Violet Blue, next to an image of a face wearing a high-quality mask.
    January 7, 2025

    “Stand Together,” an excerpt from The Covid Safety Handbook

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