
Join The Sick Times co-founders Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets on Wednesday, December 6, at 7 pm EST/4 pm PST for a virtual town hall. We’ll give you an update on The Sick Times, describing the project’s current status and future plans. We’ll also invite attendees to share comments, questions, and story ideas.

We’re highlighting new research showing symptom longevity and Long Covid’s impact on the brain, along with events discussing immune profiling, Long Covid in the workplace, and global health.

On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced they are seeking nominations for the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Long Covid, which will incorporate perspectives from the public to inform the executive branch on Long Covid. The HHS will consider up to 20 members from a wide array of expertise from people with Long…

The organizers of Long Covid Moonshot told The Sick Times that over 500 calls were logged from 36 states during last Tuesday’s telethon. Plus: new studies about veterans with Long Covid and a potential treatment for smell problems, new Long Covid publications, and more.

It’s not mysterious. A highly contagious airborne virus has spread around the world for the past four years and continues to infect people as I write. SARS-Cov-2 has killed an excess of 23 million people worldwide and plagued over 65 million people with Long Covid and other associated conditions.

Research updates and events include a Long Covid Moonshot telethon, a letter-writing campaign, a webinar about trans and Long Covid liberation, and more.
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