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  • I worked in homeless services for years. It didn’t help me find accessible housing when I got Long COVID.

    I worked in homeless services for years. It didn’t help me find accessible housing when I got Long COVID.

    Rachel Litchman

    The 1988 amendments to the Fair Housing Act were supposed to address inaccessibility in housing by requiring buildings constructed after 1991 to meet certain accessibility requirements. In practice, however, less than 1% of the nation’s housing stock was fully wheelchair accessible as of 2022, most of it financially out of reach to people with disabilities, who often cannot afford the high prices.  Read more…

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  • FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible?
    COVID-19, Health, Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible?

  • National COVID-19 trends, June 23
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, June 23

  • Research updates, June 23
    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, June 23

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Policy & Advocacy

  • December 18, 2024

    California Governor Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency for bird flu

  • This edited graphic shows the faces of several Trump picks for top federal government agencies, such as RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya, arranged in a circle around a diagram of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Trump's face is in the center. The background of the image is a mashup of newspaper columns.
    November 26, 2024

    “Don’t give up hope”: Long COVID advocates and researchers say crucial work will continue under Trump

  • Portrait of Neil Riley
    November 22, 2024

    Advocacy groups suspend ties with U.K. charity The ME Association over chairman’s op-ed

  • November 5, 2024

    We set out to make our ‘invisible illness’ visible in South Africa with SICK Pride

  • October 29, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 3

  • A TV split-screen view shows Martha, who has medium length hair and glasses and wears a yellow and white shirt. She asks her question in the audience of a tv station set. Harris stands on the floor of the station wearing a black shirt and a brown blazer.
    October 11, 2024

    Kamala Harris responds to voter with Long COVID

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Science

  • Five sheets of Paxlovid pills in an array, with a filter on the image making the sheets appear wobbly
    September 23, 2025

    Research updates, September 23

  • An image of the globe from space, showing the northern portion of South America, Central America, and southern North America
    September 16, 2025

    Research updates, September 16

  • September 12, 2025

    Stop looking for a silver bullet. Start mixing the Long COVID cocktail.

  • September 9, 2025

    RECOVER-TLC announces new Long COVID clinical trials, receives mixed reactions from patient community

  • Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. The particles appear like two suns with yellow cores and red outlines of spike proteins before a black background.
    September 9, 2025

    Live blog: RECOVER-TLC workshop on new Long COVID clinical trials

  • A color political map of Saudi Arabia is marked by the green Saudi Arabia flag
    September 9, 2025

    Research updates, September 9

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Covid-19

  • Line chart from Biobot Analytics titled, "Regional SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The chart includes four lines, each representing SARS-CoV-2 trends for one region of the U.S.: pink for the South, purple for the Midwest, green for the West, gold for the Northeast. The X axis represents time, spanning February 2024 to May 2025, and the Y axis represents effective concentration of SARS-CoV-2, copies/mL. All regions have experienced COVID-19 waves in winter 2023-24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-25. In recent weeks, levels have declined in all regions except for the West, where they have been slowly increasing.
    June 3, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 3

  • A group of advocates standing in front of Los Angeles City Hall, an imposing white building with palm trees out front. Everyone in the group is wearing high-quality masks, and advocates toward the front hold a banner with the words, "Lie Down 4 Long Covid."
    June 2, 2025

    Los Angeles’ $13M COVID-19 relief funds could go to building upgrades, not Long COVID care

  • A map of the U.S. by state, with states color-coded according to estimates of recent COVID-19 trends. Text above the map reads: "COVID-19: As of May 20, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 4 states, declining or likely declining in 18 states, and not changing in 21 states." There are four states colored in light purple (for "likely growing") or dark purple (for "growing"): Washington, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida. 18 states are colored in shades of teal for "declining or likely declining," and 21 states are colored in gray for "not changing." A few remaining states are colored in white for "not estimated."
    May 27, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, May 27

  • A screenshot of two CDC charts, one on the left is a bar chart and on the right is a table. The bar chart is titled: "Weighted and Nowcast Estimates in the United States for 2-Week Periods in 1/19/2025 to 5/10/2025." Below, it shows eight bars, each representing a two-week period. Every bar has color-coded sections corresponding to different SARS-CoV-2 variants. The right-most two bars are shaded in gray to indicate that they are modeled estimates for recent weeks, with data subject to change. The table on the right is titled, "Nowcast Estimates in United States for 4/27/2025 to 5/10/2025." It shows variant estimates for the most recent two-week period, with colors corresponding to the bars on the left. Variant LP.8.1, in bright orange, has dominated the variant landscape for most recent weeks, overtaking XEC, in green. However, a new variant called XFC, in brown, is now gaining ground, estimated to cause 9% of new cases in the most recent two-week period.
    May 20, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, May 20

  • Line chart, titled "Regional SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The X axis represents time, going from January 2024 to May 2025, and the Y axis represents average SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater, labeled "effective concentration, copies/mL." The chart includes four lines for the four U.S. regions: West in green, South in pink, Midwest in purple, Northeast in yellow. All four regions experienced surges in winter 2023-'24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-'25, followed by a slow decline through the latest data in early May. The West, which saw a lower winter surge this year, reported a slight increase in viral levels in the latest data.
    May 13, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, May 13

  • Line chart titled: "COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) Percent Positivity, by Week, in The United States, Reported to CDC." The X axis represents time, spanning February 2022 to April 2025, and the Y axis represents weekly % test positivity for PCR and similar COVID-19 tests. Several past surges are visible, shown with an orange line: the tail end of winter 2021-22, summer 2022, winter 2022-23, summer 2023, winter 2023-24, summer 2024, winter 2024-25. As of April 2025, test positivity has been slowly declining for several weeks but is not as low as it's been in past lulls between surges.
    May 6, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, May 6

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Health

  • Many baby chickens clustered together in a poultry farm
    April 1, 2025

    What we know about the U.S. bird flu outbreak and its chronic disease risk

  • Portrait of two women famers carrying saplings on their heads
    March 14, 2025

    “There is no money to survive”: Long COVID pushes India’s marginalized workers deeper into poverty

  • Graphic shows a medical provider wearing a KN95 mask and sitting at a monitor, with a red-pink-purple-blue gradient and outwardly-radiating lines in the background
    February 28, 2025

    A lack of provider literacy is straining people with Long COVID. Training programs for doctors could help.

  • February 21, 2025

    Trump commands HHS to terminate advisory committee on Long COVID 

  • A graphic based on Mexico's flag: green, white, and red stripes with an image of an eagle eating a snake on a cactus in the center. The red stripe is made up of many copies of the virus SARS-CoV-2.
    February 18, 2025

    Without clear clinical guidelines in México, people with Long COVID face gaslighting and erasure

  • A photo of the U.S. Department of Labor Frances Perkins building, in Washington D.C.
    February 11, 2025

    Now offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability

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Commentary

  • an old fashioned vintage Valentine of two young men with blue shirts and shorts and the heads of John Oliver and Jon Stewart on each carrying a string of forget-me-not flowers with red hearts. They have striped knee socks and appear to be frolicking. Above them is “Forget M.E. Not” and below “#John Vs Jon Vs ME #Greatest Medical Scandal Valentine’s Edition.” Outside the Valentine, there is a collage of letters, hearts, and flowers.
    March 31, 2025

    The history of ME deserves a late-night spotlight. That’s why we started the #JohnVsJonVsME campaign.

  • A graphic showing a computer keyboard with the "Delete" key highlighted in red, overlaid with an image of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
    March 25, 2025

    Long COVID data are being erased, again

  • Am image of the essay's author, Christina, standing in front of a window and holding a cell phone. Around the image, there's a colorful yellow and pink border, emojis, and text bubbles.
    March 21, 2025

    A serendipitous friendship taught me my greatest lesson in living with Long COVID: How to just be

  • A collage featuring a picture of Heather, looking dapper in a bow-tie, sunglasses, and a purple KN95 mask; a person dressed up as Batman; a blue cane; bananas; and a MAGA hat lurking in the background.
    March 18, 2025

    The sick soft butch who did: How confronting a racist in my neighborhood helped me claim my Long COVID identity

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