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  • NIH officials discuss agency’s Long COVID clinical trials, respond to critiques

    NIH officials discuss agency’s Long COVID clinical trials, respond to critiques

    Betsy Ladyzhets

    “We understand the frustration and respect it completely,” said NIAID program officer and TLC leader Joseph Breen, when asked about the more than a year that’s gone between RECOVER-TLC trials’ announcement and enrolling participants. Read more…

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    Live blog: RECOVER-TLC third annual workshop shares updates on Long COVID clinical trials

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Policy & Advocacy

  • January 2, 2024

    Q&A: Eric Topol on Long Covid clinical trials, RECOVER funding, what he’s looking forward to in 2024

  • January 2, 2024

    What’s happening this week, January 2

  • December 26, 2023

    Long Covid advocates send “unhappy holiday” cards to their representatives

  • December 26, 2023

    #MEAction co-founder Beth Mazur passes away

  • December 18, 2023

    Policy experts, scientists, disability groups urge Biden to address the Long Covid crisis

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    December 12, 2023

    HHS gave million-dollar grants to nine Long Covid clinics; here’s how they plan to use the funding

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Science

  • Collage graphic showing a monoclonal antibody infusion in progress (in blue) on the left and a pile of antiviral pills (in orange) on the right. Behind these images, there's a background showing a microscope image of SARS-CoV-2.
    August 12, 2025

    No “easy home runs”: Early Long COVID trials of Paxlovid and monoclonal antibodies failed, but the treatments still have potential

  • A photo of colorful Lego-like pieces making up a DNA double helix.
    August 12, 2025

    Research updates, August 12

  • Graphic showing vials of three JAK inhibitor drugs: Rinvoq, Cibinqo, Olumiant. The vials are shown with colorful echoes and the graphic has a black and white dotted background, creating a trippy vibe.
    August 5, 2025

    Three clinical trials for Long COVID are testing JAK inhibitors to treat immune dysregulation

  • A cute white mouse perches on the side of a plastic bowl on a metal table in a research lab. The mouse has pink ears, nose, feet, and a long tail.
    August 5, 2025

    Research updates, August 5

  • Graphic with a background of a map of Easter Island, one of the island's famous statues showing a human face in the center, a colorful depiction of a molecule on the left, and a sheet of green pills on the right
    July 29, 2025

    Clinical trials are testing cancer drug rapamycin for Long COVID and ME

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

    Research updates, July 29

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Covid-19

  • An illustration of chickens in a factory farm, with overlaid depictions of the influenza virus
    February 7, 2025

    We won’t avoid the next pandemic. But we can still prepare.

  • Two maps of U.S. states, color-coded according to epidemic trends. Dark purple represents "growing," light purple "likely growing," gray "not changing," teal "likely declining," green "declining," white "not estimated." The map on the left shows COVID-19 trends, with a mix of purple and gray. Text at the top reads: "As of January 28, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 20 states, declining or likely declining in 7 states, and not changing in 21 states." The map on the right shows influenza trends. Text at the top reads: "As of January 28, 2025, we estimate that influenza infections are growing or likely growing in 28 states, declining or likely declining in 4 states, and not changing in 16 states."
    February 4, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, February 4

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    January 30, 2025

    The “pandemic of abandonment”: Navigating friendships five years into COVID-19

  • Map of the U.S. by state, with states color-coded according to a metric called Acute Respiratory Illness. Most states are colored in orange for moderate or red for high, with a few states (Michigan, New Jersey, New Hampshire) dark red/purple for very high. Text below the map reads: "Data last updated on January 22, 2025 and presented through January 18, 2025. View this dataset on data.cdc.gov."
    January 28, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, January 28

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    January 24, 2025

    Some U.S. COVID-19 data are down amid “pause” to federal health communications

  • January 23, 2025

    Long COVID is a smoldering threat to wildland firefighters

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Health

  • August 12, 2024

    Climate change is worsening symptoms of Long Covid and POTS. Here’s how people are navigating it.

  • August 6, 2024

    Double trouble: Hypermobility may increase Long Covid risk

  • A busy street in South Africa, with people walking and riding bikes near a supermarket
    August 1, 2024

    In South Africa, Long Covid is an afterthought to Tuberculosis

  • July 30, 2024

    Frustrations, denials, long drives: Immunocompromised people can’t access a lifesaving Covid-19 drug

  • July 29, 2024

    Olympics volunteers resign over lack of Covid-19 precautions

  • July 2, 2024

    How the Apricot Tree Café became a leader in clean indoor air

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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

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    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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