Betsy Ladyzhets
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National Covid-19 trends, March 12
Continuing the tentatively good news from last week, all major Covid-19 metrics are trending toward declining disease spread. But there’s still a lot of this virus going around; it will be several more weeks before SARS-CoV-2 levels may actually be called low, especially in South and Midwest states that had late-winter peaks.
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National Covid-19 trends, March 5
After a February of plateaus in Covid-19 spread, all major metrics are now pointing once again to a decline in transmission. A lower-risk spring is on the horizon in the coming weeks. Right now, though, viral levels remain high across the U.S., and the CDC’s recent change to its isolation guidance won’t help.
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Q&A: Dr. Ian Simon on his plans for the HHS Office of Long Covid Research and Practice
Last month, Dr. Ian Simon became the inaugural director of the U.S. Office of Long Covid Research and Practice, an office under the Department of Health and Human Services that aims to coordinate Long Covid efforts across the federal government. Betsy Ladyzhets spoke to Dr. Simon about his prior experience, his work at the Long…
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National Covid-19 trends, February 27
The U.S.’s winter Covid-19 surge continues to drag on, with wastewater surveillance reporting high levels even as we head into March and relatively slow declines in hospitalizations. While this surge will surely lead to Long Covid, this result will be tough to track thanks to the abandonment of testing and relatively limited tracking efforts from health…
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PolyBio announces $15 million in Long Covid research funding, new projects studying viral persistence
PolyBio Research Foundation, a leading organization in supporting research for Long Covid and related chronic diseases, announced a new round of funding focused on identifying potential Long Covid treatments on Thursday. The research projects, which received a total of $15 million in funding, plan to study the potential biological underpinnings of Long Covid and begin…
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Long Covid surveys from a FDA/NIH initiative ask which drugs help alleviate symptoms
Last month, a U.S. government initiative launched a pair of surveys to collect information about how people with Long Covid are managing their symptoms. Data from these surveys, one for people with Long Covid and one for their doctors, will inform priorities for clinical trials.
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National Covid-19 trends, February 20
Four months into the winter disease season, there’s still a lot of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses going around. Wastewater and other indicators show that Covid-19 levels are still high across the country, not sharply declining as we usually expect for this time of year. Disease levels are particularly high in the South and Midwest.
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Q&A: Melissa Stockwell on Long Covid in children, how RECOVER aims to answer questions
Last week, researchers from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER consortium had a major review paper about Long Covid in children published in the journal Pediatrics. The paper explores what researchers have learned about how this disease can impact children, including estimates of how many children may be impacted — up to 5.8 million in…
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National Covid-19 trends, February 13
While Covid-19 is clearly still spreading at high rates across the U.S., data sources are giving us mixed signals as to whether transmission is going up or down. Wastewater surveillance suggests transmission may be increasing in some places and decreasing in others, while healthcare system data show continued, but slow, declines in severe acute Covid-19…
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How we track Covid-19, with wastewater and other data sources
In the last few weeks, I (Betsy) have received a few questions about the national Covid-19 updates that we’ve been publishing every week at The Sick Times. Readers have been particularly interested in how I reference wastewater surveillance, a newer technology for tracking viruses and other health indicators that became prominent during the pandemic.
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