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  • Department of Defense funds $8 million grant for Long COVID trials

    Department of Defense funds $8 million grant for Long COVID trials

    Betsy Ladyzhets

    A new U.S. clinical trials program called PROBE-PASC was announced on Friday at a Long COVID conference in Amsterdam. The program received initial funding of $8 million from a Department of Defense (DOD) grant. Read more…

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  • National COVID-19 trends, September 1
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, September 1

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    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, September 1

  • “We’re going to stop the gaslighting right now”: How I’m fighting back as a Black woman with Long COVID
    Commentary
    Kelly Sealey

    “We’re going to stop the gaslighting right now”: How I’m fighting back as a Black woman with Long COVID

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Policy & Advocacy

  • 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

  • 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

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Science

  • 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 18, 2025

    Research updates, November 18

  • November 14, 2025

    Live blog: PolyBio’s Fall 2025 Symposium shares Long COVID and related disease research updates

  • 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.

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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 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

  • 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

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  • November 14, 2023

    Welcome to The Sick Times, a letter from our co-founder, Betsy Ladyzhets

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