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“People are dying because of the stigma”: Long COVID’s global underreporting problem
Hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets speak with health journalist Jamie Ducharme about why Long COVID is dramatically underreported globally, and hear from South African advocate Mlindeni Gabela about fighting for diagnosis and breaking stigma in his community.
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“The Way Disabled People Love Each Other”: In conversation with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha
What can love look like when you’re disabled — and how do you write about grief when the crisis is still ongoing? In this episode of Still Here, hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets sit down with poet, author, and disability justice organizer Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha to discuss their new poetry collection, The Way Disabled…
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What is the federal government currently doing about Long COVID?
In this episode of Still Here, hosts Betsy Ladyzhets and Miles Griffis talk about the latest updates from the US Department of Health and Human Services and their efforts on Long COVID, as well as the criticisms they face from members of the community. Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave…
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Long COVID Awareness Day 2026: Inside the growing organizing efforts to recognize the disease
Long COVID Awareness Day is gaining official recognition around the world, driven by a growing network of people with Long COVID and their allies. In our season two premiere of Still Here, hosts Betsy Ladyzhets and Miles Griffis talk to Nicholas Rodelo of Clean Air Los Angeles about how he and his fellow organizers secured…
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