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  • “Invisible Illness” could have been transgressive. Instead, it minimizes Long COVID.

    “Invisible Illness” could have been transgressive. Instead, it minimizes Long COVID.

    Shielding Cournoyer

    The book fails to convey the severity of infection-associated chronic conditions, demands for treatment, or importance of infection prevention. Read more…

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    COVID-19, Health
    Miles W. Griffis

    Winter Olympic athletes are rightfully taking COVID-19 precautions

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  • National COVID-19 trends, February 10
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, February 10

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Policy & Advocacy

Science

  • glass tubes with colorful liquids on table
    December 17, 2024

    Research updates, December 17

  • A group of people pose in a conference building, all wearing high-quality masks and professional clothing. Two are using wheelchairs.
    December 12, 2024

    NIH announces $147 million in additional Long COVID research funding, new budget details

  • 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

  • person holding clear glass bottle
    December 10, 2024

    Research updates, December 10

  • A greenish-bluish shape with tendrils sticking out across it. This depicts a colorized scan of a T cell.
    December 3, 2024

    Research updates, December 3

  • woman putting the test tube in the test tube rack
    November 26, 2024

    Research updates, November 26

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Covid-19

  • August 20, 2024

    Outdoor dining fades as pandemic persists — making public spaces even less accessible

  • Line chart showing national and regional trends of SARS-CoV-2 viral activity levels in wastewater. National levels (in black) have been trending up since May; the West Coast (teal) and South (purple) report equal or higher levels now than during the peak of last winter's surge.
    August 20, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, August 20

  • Line chart, showing Covid-19-associated hospitalizations in California during the 2022-23 (green) and 2023-24 (red) "respiratory virus" seasons. Current hospitalizations, as of July 2024, are about twice as high as July 2023. Data last updated August 8, 2024.
    August 13, 2024

    National Covid-19 trends, August 13

  • August 6, 2024

    National Covid-19 trends, August 6

  • July 30, 2024

    National Covid-19 trends, July 30

  • July 29, 2024

    Olympics volunteers resign over lack of Covid-19 precautions

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Health

Commentary

  • Collage graphic showing cut-outs of people wearing KN95 masks
    May 27, 2025

    Illinois could become the first state in the country to ban mask bans. Here’s how we created the bill to do it.

  • Graphic with a teal background (the color of Long COVID awareness). At the center is a hand holding a megaphone, with a yellow and white "kapow" sound effect design coming out of the bell.
    May 20, 2025

    I want a Long COVID language revolution — not language imposed onto my sick, disabled body

  • Portrait of Kim Moy, standing on a boardwalk in front of a landscape of trees and water.
    May 15, 2025

    Avoiding caregiver burnout: Wisdom for the ME and Long COVID community

  • 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

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