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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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Policy & Advocacy

Science

  • An illustration of chickens in a factory farm, with overlaid depictions of the influenza virus
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    We won’t avoid the next pandemic. But we can still prepare.

  • A purple background features a photo of Cochrane editor-in-chief Dr. Karla Soares-Weiser wearing a turtleneck and wool blazer. To her left, a screenshot of the controversial 2019 review called "Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome." On top of the review is a stamped black text box with white alphanumeric symbols indicating swear words.
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    Research updates, January 28

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    Long COVID is a smoldering threat to wildland firefighters

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Covid-19

  • July 29, 2024

    Olympics volunteers resign over lack of Covid-19 precautions

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    Wastewater surveillance for Covid-19 keeps evolving. Here’s what you need to know.

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    July 23, 2024

    National Covid-19 trends, July 23

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    National Covid-19 trends, July 16

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

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    National Covid-19 trends, July 2

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Health

Commentary

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    The trouble with recovery stories

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    October 28, 2024

    Why aren’t public health officials telling people about the fertility cost of COVID-19 and Long COVID?

  • A collage of charts from the NIH ME/CFS intramural study showing differences between healthy volunteers and ME/CFS participants. The image includes an emoji giving air quotes and the term "effort preference" in bold black letters.
    September 27, 2024

    Five reasons why the NIH should retract the “effort preference” claims in their intramural ME/CFS paper

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