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  • The CDC just sidelined these childhood vaccines. Here’s what they prevent.

    The CDC just sidelined these childhood vaccines. Here’s what they prevent.

    KFF Health News

    The federal government has drastically scaled back the number of recommended childhood immunizations, sidelining six routine vaccines that have safeguarded millions from serious diseases, long-term disability, and death. Read more…

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  • National COVID-19 trends, January 20
    COVID-19
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    National COVID-19 trends, January 20

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    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, January 20

  • Drawing the elephant: Nine artists illustrating Long COVID and the ongoing pandemic
    Arts & Culture
    Grae Salisbury

    Drawing the elephant: Nine artists illustrating Long COVID and the ongoing pandemic

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Policy & Advocacy

  • February 21, 2025

    Trump commands HHS to terminate advisory committee on Long COVID 

  • 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

  • A screenshot of a CDC error page reading, "The page you're looking for was not found," with a red X drawn over it and a red background.
    January 31, 2025

    Breaking: Vital Long COVID data taken down following Trump order

  • This graphic includes a collage of Sen. Todd Young, Trump nominee RFK Jr., and a protestor wearing an N95 and holding a sign reading "LONG COVID DENIAL (does not equal) CURE"
    January 31, 2025

    RECOVER hasn’t been impacted by Trump freezes so far, sources say. But the program’s future is still uncertain.

  • A building complex photographed at sunset
    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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Science

  • A microscopic computer illustration of the aspergillus fungus. It appears like a protea flower mixed with an anenome, made up of bright red, yellow, and green "flowers" with red stems. It is very psychadelic and captivating.
    August 19, 2025

    Research updates, August 19

  • 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

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Covid-19

  • 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

  • Map of the U.S., color-coded by state. The chart is titled, "COVID-19," and text at the top reads: "As of April 22, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 4 states, declining or likely declining in 20 states, and not changing in 21 states." Four states are shaded in purple for "growing or likely growing": West Virginia, Alabama, Florida, Hawaii. Other states are in green for "declining or likely declining," gray for "not changing," or white for "not estimated."
    April 29, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, April 29

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Health

  • Stock image of physical therapy equipment: a stress ball shaped like a virus, a pair of dumbbells, a yoga mat, bands
    April 21, 2025

    Letter to the editors: The University of Washington’s Long COVID clinic

  • Collage graphic showing President Trump holding a chainsaw, standing in front of a sign for the CDC's campus. The image is cast in red light and has a foreboding vibe.
    April 15, 2025

    $11 billion CDC funding cuts may decimate Long COVID response in several states

  • A patient room inside a medical facility, mostly taken up by a cushioned board with straps at the sides, a pillow at one end, and a platform at the other. Off to one side is a shelf with monitors and other medical instruments.
    April 8, 2025

    “It’s like torture”: The tilt table test could be risky for many people with Long COVID

  • 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.

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Commentary

  • A young person lies in bed in a dark room, with an eye mask over their face and earplugs in.
    January 13, 2026

    Severe people may hold answers to Long COVID. They must be included in research.

  • ID: Graphic showing an old desktop computer with a pixelated red umbrella, an international symbol for sex worker rights, on the screen. The image's background is black with white pixels.
    January 6, 2026

    Long COVID advocacy is incomplete without sex workers

  • December 19, 2025

    Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear.

  • December 9, 2025

    Doctors who refuse to engage with administrative work are abandoning their poorest and sickest patients

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