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Despite waning headlines, bird flu is still a threat. Here’s how you can help farmworkers.
In the arc of the bird flu in the U.S., 2024 to early 2025 was an explosive time. But then, last month, the CDC announced that it was ending its emergency response to the virus.
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I want a Long COVID language revolution — not language imposed onto my sick, disabled body
I wondered: Might there be a way to alter ableist language about disabled Long COVID lives and bodies? Or, at the very least, my own disabled body? So I talked with disabled experts who’ve written about disability and language and surveyed The Sick Times readers about their feelings around the language often used for our…
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The short reach of Long Covid care
Latinos and African Americans suffer the nation’s highest rates of Long Covid. Yet systematic health care inequality and poor outreach have resulted in clinics with mostly white patient lists. Editor’s note: This story was co-published by palabra., a media platform by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), and WHYY’s The Pulse. It was supported by The Commonwealth…
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Black and Unbelieved: A conversation with filmmaker Chimére Sweeney
Coming down with Covid-19 on March 22, 2020 completely altered filmmaker Chimére Sweeney’s life. A Black middle school English teacher in Baltimore, Maryland at the time, Sweeney was shocked to find herself disregarded by doctor after doctor as she pushed to find answers when she was still sick weeks, months, and then years after infection.…
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Long Covid isolation won’t break my marriage — in fact, it’s made it stronger
The other night, after tucking in our child, my partner and I stretched out on our bed – where I spend the vast majority of my time – talking about how we’ve been forced to live since 2020. H yawned, his curly black hair spread out over his pillow. We were both already exhausted, me…
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What recovery? Long Covid’s deep impact on Latinos
It’s called a mass-disabling event: One in five COVID-19 infections results in long COVID, with Latinos the most affected. As society and medicine largely ignore this lingering crisis, how prepared are we to care for a looming avalanche of Latino long-haulers? Editor’s note: This story is part of a series produced in partnership between palabra.,…
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