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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
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    Betsy Ladyzhets

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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

  • Collage graphic showing a group of ME advocates at an awareness demonstration, the Minnesota state capitol building, a portrait of house speaker Lisa Demuth, and a vial of blood, overlaid with boxes in pastel blue, green, purple, and pink.
    May 7, 2025

    Minnesota House budget proposes eliminating state Long COVID program

  • A graphic titled: "Long COVID Mode, Real-world Long COVID symptoms translated into in-game effects." Below the text, a video game character is shown hunched over, as though struggling to manage a symptom. Energy bars above his head indicate that he is facing reduced vitality, cognitive dysfunction, and reduced stamina. At the bottom of the image, the graphic shows that this mode was created for Elden Ring, The Witcher, and Minecraft, through collaboration with Long COVID Europe.
    May 6, 2025

    “Long COVID Mode”: Seeing the crisis through games

  • 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

  • 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

  • an old fashioned vintage Valentine of two young men with blue shirts and shorts and the heads of John Oliver and Jon Stewart on each carrying a string of forget-me-not flowers with red hearts. They have striped knee socks and appear to be frolicking. Above them is “Forget M.E. Not” and below “#John Vs Jon Vs ME #Greatest Medical Scandal Valentine’s Edition.” Outside the Valentine, there is a collage of letters, hearts, and flowers.
    March 31, 2025

    The history of ME deserves a late-night spotlight. That’s why we started the #JohnVsJonVsME campaign.

  • March 28, 2025

    UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored

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Science

  • A photo of a Keith Haring art mural captures the bright red figures on a concrete wall. The figures include a vaccine, scissor people cutting a snake, and many of his iconic human figures throughout the scene as the lift the snake, lie down with "x"s over them, and hug one another.
    February 24, 2026

    Research updates, February 24

  • A person in a black beanie and a brown puffer coat holds up their wrist to show a neon yellow activity tracker.
    February 17, 2026

    Research updates, February 17

  • An up-close microscopic image shows the main components of blood plasma, including complement C1, immunogloublin G, ferritin, and more. The components that make up the plasma in the shapes of spheres, noodles, and clumps, are colored in different shades of purple, blue, violet, and red.
    February 10, 2026

    Research updates, February 10

  • Collage graphic. The center of the image is a black and white photo of a child lying in bed receiving care from their mother. Behind that is a second photo showing a child's hand, pens, and drawings, including one that appears to show two cartoonish version of pathogens.
    February 3, 2026

    Long COVID affects millions of children. The largest pediatric trial so far launches this year.

  • A Black doctor in a white coat and blue shirt wearing a surgical mask stands before seated, elderly patients in Lagos, Nigeria.
    February 3, 2026

    Research updates, February 3

  • A photo of the Opera House in Sydney, Australia. The building, which resembles white sails, its lit by orange sunlight and contrasted with a blue sky. Two people in the distance take photos of the building.
    January 27, 2026

    Research updates, January 27

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Covid-19

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for December 9, 2025. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with an orange color) and reports a slight increase (represented with a diagonal up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and stable (represented with a right to left arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and stable. Text below these metrics reads: "* CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    December 9, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, December 9

  • Line chart titled, "Vaccination rates in the U.S., fall 2025." The chart has four lines representing estimated vaccination rates: flu vaccines in adults and children (purple solid line and purple dashed line, respectively), and COVID-19 vaccines in adults and children (teal solid line and teal dashed line). The purple lines representing flu vaccines are much higher, going up toward 40%, than the teal lines representing COVID-19 vaccines. In the latest estimate, for November 22, only 15% of adults and 6% of children have received COVID-19 vaccines. Text below the title notes: "CDC estimates based on survey data from the National Immunization Survey-Fall Respiratory Virus Module, as of December 1, 2025."
    December 2, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, December 2

  • Chart from the CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System showing national and regional trends of wastewater viral activity levels for SARS-CoV-2 over the last six months. The Y axis represents the CDC's activity level score, going from "very low" to "very high." The national trend is represented in black, the Midwest in yellow, South in purple, Northeast in light blue, and West in teal. All four U.S. regions and the national average saw a summer wave from July through September 2025, followed by a lower period in October. Levels have started to increase in the most recent 2-3 weeks of data, especially for the Midwest and Northeast. A note below the chart reads: "Data from the most recent two weeks may be incomplete due to delays in data reporting. These data sets are subject to change and are indicated by the gray shading."
    November 25, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, November 25

  • Two maps of the U.S., with states color-coded according to whether infections are growing, declining, or not changing. The map on the left shows COVID-19 trends and the one on the right shows flu trends. In both maps, dark purple represents "growing" cases, lighter purple represents "likely growing," gray represents "not changing," light teal represents "likely declining," dark teal represents "declining," and white represents "not estimated." The COVID-19 map includes 20 states colored in shades of purple, 9 in shades of teal, and the remainder in gray or white. On the flu map, 39 states are colored in purple for "growing or likely growing." Text above the maps notes that these are estimates as of November 11. Text below the maps shares national trends: "The weekly percentage of ED visits diagnosed with COVID-19 is very low. The COVID-19 epidemic trend is not changing. Probability COVID-19 epidemic is growing: 56.23% (not changing)" and for flu, "The weekly percentage of ED visits diagnosed with Influenza is low. The Influenza epidemic trend is growing. Probability Influenza epidemic is growing: 99.80% (growing)"
    November 18, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, November 18

  • Two line charts from the Maine CDC showing trends in emergency room visits. Text at the top reads: "Percentage of weekly statewide emergency room visits with symptoms, complaints, or diagnoses suggesting respiratory disease. These are not confirmed cases. Figures come from Maine's syndromic surveillance system. They represent rough estimates of the burden of particular syndromes or conditions and should not be interpreted to be exact." Both charts include timeframes from September 1, 2024 to November 1, 2025 with time on the X axis. The Y axis represents share of ER visits that are attributed to potential conditions. The top chart represents potential COVID-19 visits and the bottom one represents flu-like symptoms. Both diseases had waves in winter 2024-25, then COVID-19 had an increase in late summer 2025, and both saw increases in October.
    November 11, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, November 11

  • November 4, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, November 4

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Health

  • October 24, 2025

    Shutdown leaves gaps in states’ health data, possibly endangering lives

  • A black and white photo shows a close of up of a person's arm as they put on a nicotine patch. Doodles in bright yellow laid of over the image read "Nicotine" and display the chemical signature of nicotine with one of the hexagons of the molecule over the patch.
    October 17, 2025

    Nicotine patches help relieve symptoms in some people with Long COVID. Can the science behind it lead to future therapies?

  • October 14, 2025

    Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking

  • Graphic with a zebra-print background, representing EDS awareness. At the center of the image, there is a plus icon for healthcare offset with cartoon representations of the virus SARS-CoV-2.
    October 7, 2025

    Getting diagnosed with hypermobility can help some people with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier.

  • Photo of an art piece: a white object, shaped like an egg, with painted representations of the virus SARS-CoV-2 across its surface
    September 26, 2025

    Long COVID is not FND, but some patients are getting diagnosed with it. Here’s what to do if it happens to you.

  • This livestream screenshot shows Violet Affleck speaking at the UN. A placard in front of her reads, "Youth advocate." She's wearing an N95 mask.
    September 23, 2025

    Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event

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Commentary

  • November 14, 2023

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

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    November 14, 2023

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