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A timely book of poetry chronicles a mother — and her daughters’ — experience with Long COVID
Breath / is not something / anyone would dare / to hold right now, / even for luck, Ann E. Wallace wrote on the 33rd day of her acute COVID-19 case, during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020. Half a decade later, breathing still doesn’t come easy for the Poet Laureate Emeritus…
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The history of ME deserves a late-night spotlight. That’s why we started the #JohnVsJonVsME campaign.
In a crisis-filled world, breaking through the noise requires creativity, strategy — and, occasionally, a really good meme. This is precisely why the #JohnVsJonVsME campaign began.
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UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored
Long COVID research grants from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program will be restored following news stories about their abrupt cancellations and advocacy to restore the funding, according to patient representatives in the initiative.
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Trump administration set to abolish the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice
The Trump administration is set to dismantle the federal government’s Office of Long COVID Research and Practice (OLC) this week as part of a larger restructuring of health agencies, sources have told The Sick Times. This news, also reported by POLITICO and the Substack Inside Medicine, represents another blow among several moves this administration has…
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Event announcement: Commemorating Long COVID Awareness Day
Join The Sick Times, the only news site dedicated to Long COVID and related diseases, for an evening commemorating Long COVID Awareness Day 2025 and the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic landing in New York City. As the pandemic continues — but goes ignored by mainstream media, political leaders, and even leftist and advocacy…
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“Stand Together,” an excerpt from The Covid Safety Handbook
The Covid Safety Handbook is informed by the global, national, local, and neighborhood care circles coming together under the banner of Covid prevention to center science, accurate and non-judgemental information, inclusiveness, and equity in public health. This book draws strength from all the tireless variant hunters and wastewater trackers around the world who struggle to…
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End-of-year fundraiser results: Thank you for supporting The Sick Times!
The Sick Times is starting 2025 with great news. Thanks to readers who supported our end-of-year fundraising campaign, we raised nearly $50,000 in small-dollar donations — which will be more than doubled, due to matching funds and additional support. This was our first year participating in the Institute for Nonprofit News’ NewsMatch program, which supports…
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Long COVID Essentials: New resources published
We are thrilled to release the next batch of resources in our Long COVID Essentials series, featuring 32 new sheets! Our first batch of resources in Spanish is now live, along with the remaining English resources. Long COVID Essentials is a collaboration between Long COVID Justice and The Sick Times. The series includes 30+ resource…
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“Marching from home”: New rock musical embodies the challenges and resistance of people with energy-limiting diseases
Last weekend, a lucky group of disabled and chronically ill theatergoers in New York City attended a show that reflected their experiences and access needs. The new, non-narrative rock musical, called “Dan Fishback is Alive, Unwell, and Living in his Apartment,” ran for two sold-out performances at the Public Theater’s Joe’s Pub on Saturday and…
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Press release: The Sick Times announces one year of covering the Long COVID crisis
“Our reporting on Long COVID remains as vital today as it did when we launched,” executive editor Miles W. Griffis said. “Many of our colleagues in the media continue to minimize the disease and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — but not The Sick Times. We report on the most common adverse outcome of COVID-19 affecting…
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