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  • We made a COVID-19 memorial in the ashes of a Joshua tree forest

    We made a COVID-19 memorial in the ashes of a Joshua tree forest

    Miles W. Griffis

    Despite nearly 1.3 million deaths and counting, there is still not a national memorial for the pandemic. Our informal memorial in the middle of the Mojave Desert is one small way to remember those we’ve lost so far. Read more…

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  • Department of Defense funds $8 million grant for Long COVID trials
    Policy & Advocacy, Science
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    Department of Defense funds $8 million grant for Long COVID trials

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    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, September 1

  • Research updates, September 1
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    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, September 1

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Policy & Advocacy

  • A view of the U.S. Pentagon building at night reflecting in the Potomac River. Five bright lights emit from the building like stars.
    September 1, 2026

    Department of Defense funds $8 million grant for Long COVID trials

  • MEAction advocates demonstrate outside of the Capitol building in Washington D.C. on a sunny, spring day. They wear red t-shirts that read "millions missing" and "SOS" as well as high quality masks. One is in a wheelchair, while another sits on a stool. They hold signs that say, "Millions Missing, SOS, 2025, MEAction," that have an illustration of the Statue of Liberty.
    August 18, 2026

    Congress’s 2027 budget could include new funding for Long COVID and ME

  • July 7, 2026

    How to protect your community from ICE when you have Long COVID

  • An engineer wearing a high-vis vest and hard hat inputs water quality data into a laptop at a wastewater treatment facility. Yellow safety railing is visible throughout the photo.
    June 30, 2026

    Wastewater testing is vital for public health. It needs sustained funding to continue beyond fall 2026.

  • A white woman with brown hair, a purple sleep mask, an orange shirt, and noise-canceling headphones, lies under the covers of her bed. The lights in the room are dim and a wheelchair is parked by the side of the bed. An open laptop and paperwork lie on top of the covers. On the wall behind the bed is a small bulletin board and string of fairy lights
    June 26, 2026

    I worked in homeless services for years. It didn’t help me find accessible housing when I got Long COVID.

  • A black and white photo of a woman with severe ME is overlaid on a photo of the U.K. Houses of Parliament in London. She lays on her back in bed with a neck support and an eye mask that covers most of her face.
    June 19, 2026

    The U.K.’s plan for ME has failed us. Members of parliament must step up.

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Science

  • A view of the U.S. Pentagon building at night reflecting in the Potomac River. Five bright lights emit from the building like stars.
    September 1, 2026

    Department of Defense funds $8 million grant for Long COVID trials

  • A scanning electron micrograph (SEM) image shows a blood clot, made up of blood cells tangled in grey appearing fibrin.
    September 1, 2026

    Research updates, September 1

  • A close-up photo of a human eye. The eye is hazel and the person appears to be lighter skinned. They have a dark brown eyelashes and a hazel eye.
    August 25, 2026

    Research updates, August 25

  • A computer image highlights the large intestine in a person. It appears red and curves through the abdomen of the subject. Other organs and body parts are faded out and contrasted with a black background.
    August 18, 2026

    Research updates, August 18

  • A collage graphic displays a tower of the Golden Gate bridge, with a pixelated filter, vials of blood in black and white, and a photo of a light blue viper. These images are overlayed with white borders over a microscopic image of red SARS-CoV-2 viruses with a blue background.
    August 11, 2026

    VIPER aims to fast track Long COVID biomarkers. Here’s how it works.

  • An electron micrograph image shows numerous herpes simplex virions, members of the Herpesviridae virus family. The round viruses appear black and gray, contrasted on an icy blue background.
    August 11, 2026

    Research updates, August 11

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Covid-19

  • September 1, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, September 1

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for August 25, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with red) and significantly increasing (represented with a directly up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and significantly increasing ; and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and significantly increasing. 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."
    August 25, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, August 25

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for August 18, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with orange) and significantly increasing (represented with a directly up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and slightly increasing (diagonal up arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and significantly increasing. 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."
    August 18, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, August 18

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for August 11, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with orange) and significantly increasing (represented with a directly up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and significantly increasing; and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and significantly increasing. 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."
    August 11, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, August 11

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for August 4, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "medium" (represented with darker yellow) and significantly increasing (represented with a directly up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and stable (side to side arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is low (light yellow) and slightly increasing (diagonal up arrow). 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."
    August 4, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, August 4

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for July 28, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with an orange color box) and slightly increasing (represented with a diagonal up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and stable (side to side arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is low (light yellow) and significantly increasing (directly up arrow). 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."
    July 28, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, July 28

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Health

  • Miles  [12:23 PM] ID: A burnt, but surviving Joshua tree stands in the Dome Fire burn scar during sunset. A far away mountain glows in the late day light. Thousands of dead Joshua trees stand on the burnscar among invasive grasses that paint the landscape gold.
    September 8, 2026

    We made a COVID-19 memorial in the ashes of a Joshua tree forest

  • A graphic shows a white woman in a high quality mask on the subway. She wears a glasses, hoops, and has a short hair. Overlaid over the black and white photo are various shades of pink circles.
    August 14, 2026

    Breast cancer exposed the lack of care I receive for Long COVID

  • A collage graphic displays a tower of the Golden Gate bridge, with a pixelated filter, vials of blood in black and white, and a photo of a light blue viper. These images are overlayed with white borders over a microscopic image of red SARS-CoV-2 viruses with a blue background.
    August 11, 2026

    VIPER aims to fast track Long COVID biomarkers. Here’s how it works.

  • Graphic showing white text saying "Still Here" over an image of a stethoscope, with a yellow background and sepia tones. The Sick Times' logo is in the upper left corner.
    August 7, 2026

    How do you spot Long COVID misinformation?

  • Collage graphic featuring images of a cowboy hat, downtown Houston, Texas, a diagram of a heart, and a person checking their heart rate on a smartwatch. The photos are interspersed with light blue and pink rectangles, over a background showing heart rate diagrams on pink graph paper.
    July 28, 2026

    Dysautonomia conference centers biomarkers and post-exertional malaise

  • A graphic shows three vials of peptides on a graph paper and jet black background. The glass vials have a sticker on them that says, "RESEARCH PURPOSE ONLY: NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION."
    July 14, 2026

    Experimental peptides are being advertised for Long COVID. But the evidence is trailing behind.

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Commentary

  • A graphic showing white KN94 masks and yellow and white megaphones in a neat pattern that alternates the two objects. The background is a dark navy.
    September 2, 2025

    How do you get people to care about COVID-19? Here’s what I’ve learned as an organizer.

  • A portrait of Jermaine Greaves, repeated six times in a grid with alternating color tones, white and yellow
    August 15, 2025

    Long COVID taught me to slow down and stop trying to meet able-bodied benchmarks

  • A close up of from the "In Limbo" cover art for Kara Jane's new album. It features art work of a white woman in a white dress floating in blue, abstract water. She stares directly at the viewer.
    August 8, 2025

    Posthumous album of singer Kara Jane released on Severe ME Awareness Day

  • Graphic showing several hands all holding measurement tools, emerging from an open book. One holds an abacus, another a sextant, another two vials of blood, another a skull with lightning bolts coming out of it. The hands are interspersed with overlapping circles in blue, yellow, red, and green.
    August 1, 2025

    As a linguist, I want to find the words to measure chronic illness

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