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  • A “muddy intervention”: The complex reality of taVNS therapy for Long COVID

    A “muddy intervention”: The complex reality of taVNS therapy for Long COVID

    Corina Maller

    People are experimenting with transauricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), with mixed results, ahead of medical guidelines Read more…

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  • Research updates, April 21
    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, April 21

  • National COVID-19 trends, April 21
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, April 21

  • I developed Long COVID while practicing medicine. The system had no place for me.
    Commentary, International
    Mustafa Talat

    I developed Long COVID while practicing medicine. The system had no place for me.

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Policy & Advocacy

  • September 24, 2024

    Millions of Americans have Long COVID. Will Kamala Harris acknowledge them?

  • Collage showing a crate of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, a map of mask bloc locations, a box of 3M N95 respirators, and a flyer from a mask bloc in Nassau County and Queens, New York introducing how mask blocs distribute free high-quality masks in their communities
    September 10, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 1

  • September 3, 2024

    “Perfect storm” of criminalization: Analyzing mask bans

  • August 13, 2024

    Q&A: NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli on next steps for RECOVER, future Long Covid research plans, and more

  • Sen. Sanders speaks at a January 2024 Senate hearing about Long Covid
    August 6, 2024

    Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces $10 billion Long Covid Moonshot legislation to support research, healthcare, education

  • June 18, 2024

    New NASEM reports offer broad definition, highlight the seriousness of Long Covid

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Science

  • "Anatomical diagram showing different parts of the human neck
    July 29, 2025

    Research updates, July 29

  • Graphic showing the top of Berlin's TV Tower, edited to look like part of an IV tube. The graphic has a light blue background with white molecular structure diagrams in the top left.
    July 22, 2025

    Berlin Cures’ failed Long COVID clinical trial yields lessons on study design

  • A siamese cat with blue eyes wears a cone after a presumed trip to the vet
    July 22, 2025

    Research updates, July 22

  • close up of hands holding glucose meter
    July 15, 2025

    Research updates, July 15

  • Colorized image from an electron micrograph (high-powered microscope), showing cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. The cells are shown as bright green blobs, and the virus particles are small pink pieces latched onto the cells.
    July 9, 2025

    Live blog: Following the Patient-Led Research Fund summer 2025 webinar

  • A 3D rendered image of SARS-C0V-2 viruses in teal, with yellow monoclonal antibodies surrounding them with a black background
    July 8, 2025

    Research updates, July 8

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Covid-19

  • Chart from the CDC, titled: "Percentage of Emergency Department (ED) Visits Diagnosed as COVID-19, by Week, in The United States, Reported to CDC." The chart's X axis is time, spanning November 2022 to March 2025, and the Y axis is the percent of emergency department (ED) visits diagnosed as COVID-19. The chart shows COVID-19 waves in winter 2022-23, summer 2023, winter 2023-24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-25. Following the latest wave, the % of ED visits diagnosed as COVID-19 has been stuck at a relatively high plateau, with the most recent value (over 0.5%) higher than the lows in between past waves.
    April 8, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, April 8

  • Map of New York State, with a variety of colored dots representing wastewater testing sites. The dots are colored according to SARS-CoV-2 detection level, with red/orange shades for higher levels and blue shades for lower levels. In the most recent data, 40 sites report higher levels (including many in NYC and Long Island, as well as Western NY), 60 report moderate levels, 15 report low levels, and the remaining 54 do not have recent data available.
    April 1, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, April 1

  • A set of four charts, titled "Regional Wastewater Concentrations." All four are line charts showing data from November 2023 through March 2025, with colored lines representing the four U.S. regions: yellow for Northeast, purple for Midwest, green for West, pink for South. The influenza A, influenza B, and RSV charts show clear waves over winter 2023-24 and 2024-25; the COVID-19 chart also shows a summer 2024 wave.
    March 25, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, March 25

  • Line chart titled, "SARS-CoV-2, All Wastewater Sites." The chart shows the national average of coronavirus readings in wastewater from across the U.S., representing sites in WWSCAN's network. The Y axis represents quantity of nucleic acids (PPMoV Normalized, x1 million) and the Y axis represents time, going from October 2023 to March 2025. It shows a major wave in winter 2023-24, a smaller wave in summer 2024, and then another smaller but longer wave in winter 2024-25, now plateaued at a moderate level.
    March 18, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, March 18

  • Chart titled, "Americans' Return to Pre-Pandemic Normalcy." Text at the top reads: "Thinking about your life before the start of the coronavirus, would you say your life right now is completely back to normal, somewhat back to normal but not completely normal, or not yet back to normal? If not back to normal: Do you think your life will ever get completely back to the “normal” that existed before the coronavirus pandemic?" The green line representing "completely back to normal" is at 47% in the most recent poll results; the dark blue line representing "no, but will get back" is at 13%; and the light blue line representing "no, will never get back to normal" is at 40%.
    March 11, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, March 11

  • Line chart titled, "National SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The Y axis is "effective concentration, copies/mL" and the X axis is time, going from March 2020 to March 2025. The chart shows COVID-19's many waves in the U.S. over the last five years; the most recent weeks of data show a smaller winter peak followed by a high plateau.
    March 4, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, March 4

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Health

  • Organizer Abby Mahler poses next to a blue wagon full of high-quality masks. N95 masks in different shapes and colors are visible, such as 3M Auras. Mahler is wearing a N95 and giving a peace sign.
    January 10, 2025

    COVID-19 advocates are distributing masks to protect Californians from wildfire smoke

  • January 6, 2025

    How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

  • A DIY air filter, made with 18 fans facing out in different directions, is attached to a ceiling light fixture so that it hangs in the air above a dining table.
    December 24, 2024

    Invisible defenses: A guide for cleaner indoor air

  • December 24, 2024

    “Hardest f—kin years of my life”: Comedian Casey Frey says he may have Long COVID 

  • Portrait of Dr. Gemma Carey, with a forest green background
    December 23, 2024

    Dr. Gemma Carey, Australian public health scholar and Long COVID advocate, dies at 43

  • Graphic reads: Long COVID Essentials - New resources are live! ME/CFS, Severe ME, Fatigue & PEM; Getting help - finding providers, tracking symptoms, meds to consider, understanding research, & more; Long COVID in children & youth; Long COVID in people living w/ HIV and trans people; First set of resources in Spanish! The Sick Times and Long COVID Justice's logos are at the bottom.
    December 19, 2024

    Long COVID Essentials: New resources published

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Commentary

  • May 23, 2024

    How to make spaces more accessible during the continuing pandemic

  • May 6, 2024

    “Unspooling”, an excerpt from Alice Wong’s Disability Intimacy

  • photograph of moon
    April 23, 2024

    Letters to the editors: Sen. Sanders’ “moonshot” legislation

  • March 26, 2024

    Long Covid isolation won’t break my marriage — in fact, it’s made it stronger

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