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  • Live blog: RECOVER-TLC third annual workshop shares updates on Long COVID clinical trials

    Live blog: RECOVER-TLC third annual workshop shares updates on Long COVID clinical trials

    Betsy Ladyzhets

    Leading Long COVID scientists, government officials, and advocates are meeting today and tomorrow in Bethesda, Maryland for the third annual RECOVER-Treating Long COVID (TLC) workshop, hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH). At a hotel near the NIH campus, attendees will hear updates on the RECOVER-TLC program’s clinical trials as well as results from other recent studies advancing our understanding of the debilitating disease. Read more…

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Policy & Advocacy

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    What’s happening this week, January 2

  • December 26, 2023

    Long Covid advocates send “unhappy holiday” cards to their representatives

  • December 26, 2023

    #MEAction co-founder Beth Mazur passes away

  • December 18, 2023

    Policy experts, scientists, disability groups urge Biden to address the Long Covid crisis

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    December 12, 2023

    HHS gave million-dollar grants to nine Long Covid clinics; here’s how they plan to use the funding

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    December 5, 2023

    HIV may increase the risk of Long Covid. Why aren’t major advocacy groups addressing it?

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Science

  • Graphic showing vials of three JAK inhibitor drugs: Rinvoq, Cibinqo, Olumiant. The vials are shown with colorful echoes and the graphic has a black and white dotted background, creating a trippy vibe.
    August 5, 2025

    Three clinical trials for Long COVID are testing JAK inhibitors to treat immune dysregulation

  • A cute white mouse perches on the side of a plastic bowl on a metal table in a research lab. The mouse has pink ears, nose, feet, and a long tail.
    August 5, 2025

    Research updates, August 5

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    Clinical trials are testing cancer drug rapamycin for Long COVID and ME

  • "Anatomical diagram showing different parts of the human neck
    July 29, 2025

    Research updates, July 29

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    Berlin Cures’ failed Long COVID clinical trial yields lessons on study design

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    July 22, 2025

    Research updates, July 22

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Covid-19

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    National COVID-19 trends, February 4

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    National COVID-19 trends, January 28

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    January 21, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, January 21

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Health

  • August 12, 2024

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Commentary

  • A zoomed-out photograph of a room in an art gallery; across black walls are mounted a row of surgical masks electroplated in nickel. The masks are illuminated with light and reflect brightly in the dark space.
    November 3, 2026

    Why the art of Long COVID and ME can be hard to find

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    Conferences and advocacy events for IACCs must require masking

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    How I built a COVID-safer school that’s become the heart of a more caring community

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    COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women

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