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  • New AI tools are helping some people manage Long COVID

    New AI tools are helping some people manage Long COVID

    Mohana Ravindranath

    RTHM and TurnTo recently debuted Long COVID intelligence platforms. Some have found them helpful, but others are concerned about AI. Read more…

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  • National COVID-19 trends, December 23
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, December 23

  • Research updates, December 23
    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, December 23

  • Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear.
    Commentary, Health
    Aly Laube

    Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear.

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Policy & Advocacy

  • Close-up photo of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, speaking during a hearing
    March 27, 2025

    RECOVER grants for Long COVID pathobiology research are among those cut under new NIH directive

  • A police officer is grabbing a woman standing up to protest at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing. She is wearing a KN95 mask and holding a cardboard sign reading, "Vaccines save lives, no RFK Jr."
    March 25, 2025

    Trump administration set to abolish the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice

  • A group of people are pictured lying down in a public square, with a sign in the center of the demonstration reading, "5 years of Long COVID, half a decade of neglect. It's time to make it visible." Some members of the group are also holding signs drawing attention to Long COVID, and many are wearing high-quality masks.
    March 15, 2025

    Live blog: International demonstrations ignite for Long COVID Awareness Day

  • A disease awareness ribbon in the colors teal and gray sits on top of a watercolor map of the world.
    March 14, 2025

    Our community came together to start International Long COVID Awareness Day in 2023. Here’s how you can get involved this year.

  • Photo of Rory Preston with a black and white filter, in front of a blue background with white strings of code and a design evoking biochemistry diagrams
    March 11, 2025

    Accurate statistics for ME and Long COVID are vital. That’s why I started a patient-led organization to “crunch” the diseases.

  • View of a federal building, with a black and white filter and other adjustments to create a harsh tone. The image has also been cut to evoke severe job cuts across the federal government.
    March 3, 2025

    Federal workers with Long COVID face firings, loss of accommodations, and more challenges under Trump

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Science

  • August 22, 2025

    The crisis is “exasperating”: Long COVID compounds economic hardship in Argentina

  • A bright collage of orange, turquoise, and terracotta that includes captivating, pink hollyhock flowers, a person with long hair in a high quality mask, ristras (red, dried chili peppers) and a black and white poster for the keystone symposia for Long COVID and other post-acute infection syndromes.
    August 19, 2025

    “The field is coming of age”: Long COVID researchers gather in Santa Fe to foster collaboration

  • A microscopic computer illustration of the aspergillus fungus. It appears like a protea flower mixed with an anenome, made up of bright red, yellow, and green "flowers" with red stems. It is very psychadelic and captivating.
    August 19, 2025

    Research updates, August 19

  • Collage graphic showing a monoclonal antibody infusion in progress (in blue) on the left and a pile of antiviral pills (in orange) on the right. Behind these images, there's a background showing a microscope image of SARS-CoV-2.
    August 12, 2025

    No “easy home runs”: Early Long COVID trials of Paxlovid and monoclonal antibodies failed, but the treatments still have potential

  • A photo of colorful Lego-like pieces making up a DNA double helix.
    August 12, 2025

    Research updates, August 12

  • 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

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Covid-19

  • 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

  • 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

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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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Commentary

  • 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

  • Graphic showing a cartoon figure in a mask, with shapes of several states (Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri, Alabama) around them and a backdrop of colorful tape strips.
    April 18, 2025

    Missives from the dismissed: Still COVIDing without community

  • A collage of two images, edited to look like Polaroid photos on a wood table. On the left is a black and white portrait of the poet, Ann E. Wallace, and on the right is the cover of her book, "Days of Grace and Silence." The book's cover features a house on a hill.
    April 14, 2025

    A timely book of poetry chronicles a mother — and her daughters’ — experience with Long COVID

  • A person wearing an eye mask and headphones lying on the ground in a public space, holding a sign with information about Severe ME/CFS Awareness Day in English and German.
    April 4, 2025

    An international emergency task force is urgently needed for Severe Long COVID and ME crisis cases

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