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  • “People are dying because of the stigma”: Long COVID’s global underreporting problem

    “People are dying because of the stigma”: Long COVID’s global underreporting problem

    Melanie Marich

    Hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets speak with health journalist Jamie Ducharme about why Long COVID is dramatically underreported globally, and hear from South African advocate Mlindeni Gabela about fighting for diagnosis and breaking stigma in his community. Read more…

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  • Protestors stand outside a brick building during a DoNoHarm BC action. They all wear high quality masks and hold bright signs demanding hospitals prevent airborne of pathogens with masking and other clean air interventions. One reads, "Hospitals should be safe"
    April 24, 2026

    We need masks in healthcare. Now.

  • An image shows a selfie of Mustafa Talat, a Pakistani doctor, in personal protective equipment including a high quality mask and hooded coverall suit. He also wears stylish wire framed glasses. The image is repeated three times - two of them have a light blue filter.
    April 17, 2026

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

  • ID: Alice Wong, an Asian-American woman in her early 50s, wears a black blouse and black and white pants. She rocks a rich red lipstick and has a watermelon pin on her shirt in support of Palestine. She has a tracheostomy attached to a ventilator.
    April 10, 2026

    Alice Wong showed us Disability Justice makes our advocacy stronger

  • An aerial photograph displays a small wood cabin beside a meadow surrounded by a forest. It is a snowy scene, and late day light casts long shadows of evergreen and deciduous trees.
    April 7, 2026

    I moved into a tiny home in the woods after getting Long COVID.

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