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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

  • October 29, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 3

  • A TV split-screen view shows Martha, who has medium length hair and glasses and wears a yellow and white shirt. She asks her question in the audience of a tv station set. Harris stands on the floor of the station wearing a black shirt and a brown blazer.
    October 11, 2024

    Kamala Harris responds to voter with Long COVID

  • October 8, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 2

  • Portrait of Tinu Abayomi-Paul
    October 4, 2024

    Tinu Abayomi-Paul, writer, disability advocate, and person with Long COVID, dies at 52

  • 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

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Science

  • Five sheets of Paxlovid pills in an array, with a filter on the image making the sheets appear wobbly
    September 23, 2025

    Research updates, September 23

  • An image of the globe from space, showing the northern portion of South America, Central America, and southern North America
    September 16, 2025

    Research updates, September 16

  • September 12, 2025

    Stop looking for a silver bullet. Start mixing the Long COVID cocktail.

  • September 9, 2025

    RECOVER-TLC announces new Long COVID clinical trials, receives mixed reactions from patient community

  • Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. The particles appear like two suns with yellow cores and red outlines of spike proteins before a black background.
    September 9, 2025

    Live blog: RECOVER-TLC workshop on new Long COVID clinical trials

  • A color political map of Saudi Arabia is marked by the green Saudi Arabia flag
    September 9, 2025

    Research updates, September 9

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Covid-19

  • Line chart from Biobot Analytics titled, "Regional SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The chart includes four lines, each representing SARS-CoV-2 trends for one region of the U.S.: pink for the South, purple for the Midwest, green for the West, gold for the Northeast. The X axis represents time, spanning February 2024 to May 2025, and the Y axis represents effective concentration of SARS-CoV-2, copies/mL. All regions have experienced COVID-19 waves in winter 2023-24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-25. In recent weeks, levels have declined in all regions except for the West, where they have been slowly increasing.
    June 3, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 3

  • 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

  • A map of the U.S. by state, with states color-coded according to estimates of recent COVID-19 trends. Text above the map reads: "COVID-19: As of May 20, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 4 states, declining or likely declining in 18 states, and not changing in 21 states." There are four states colored in light purple (for "likely growing") or dark purple (for "growing"): Washington, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida. 18 states are colored in shades of teal for "declining or likely declining," and 21 states are colored in gray for "not changing." A few remaining states are colored in white for "not estimated."
    May 27, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, May 27

  • 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 1/19/2025 to 5/10/2025." 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 4/27/2025 to 5/10/2025." 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, overtaking XEC, in green. However, a new variant called XFC, in brown, is now gaining ground, estimated to cause 9% of new cases in the most recent two-week period.
    May 20, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, May 20

  • Line chart, titled "Regional SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The X axis represents time, going from January 2024 to May 2025, and the Y axis represents average SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater, labeled "effective concentration, copies/mL." The chart includes four lines for the four U.S. regions: West in green, South in pink, Midwest in purple, Northeast in yellow. All four regions experienced surges in winter 2023-'24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-'25, followed by a slow decline through the latest data in early May. The West, which saw a lower winter surge this year, reported a slight increase in viral levels in the latest data.
    May 13, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, May 13

  • Line chart titled: "COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) Percent Positivity, by Week, in The United States, Reported to CDC." The X axis represents time, spanning February 2022 to April 2025, and the Y axis represents weekly % test positivity for PCR and similar COVID-19 tests. Several past surges are visible, shown with an orange line: the tail end of winter 2021-22, summer 2022, winter 2022-23, summer 2023, winter 2023-24, summer 2024, winter 2024-25. As of April 2025, test positivity has been slowly declining for several weeks but is not as low as it's been in past lulls between surges.
    May 6, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, May 6

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Health

  • February 21, 2025

    Trump commands HHS to terminate advisory committee on Long COVID 

  • A graphic based on Mexico's flag: green, white, and red stripes with an image of an eagle eating a snake on a cactus in the center. The red stripe is made up of many copies of the virus SARS-CoV-2.
    February 18, 2025

    Without clear clinical guidelines in México, people with Long COVID face gaslighting and erasure

  • A photo of the U.S. Department of Labor Frances Perkins building, in Washington D.C.
    February 11, 2025

    Now offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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Commentary

  • November 28, 2023

    Share your story ideas at The Sick Times’s Virtual Town Hall

  • November 14, 2023

    Welcome to The Sick Times, a letter from our co-founder Miles W. Griffis

  • November 14, 2023

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

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