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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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    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, April 21

  • National COVID-19 trends, April 21
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    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

  • 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 scientific drawing shows a blood clot, with red blood cells trapped in a white fibrin mesh.
    September 30, 2025

    Research updates, September 30

  • Photo of an art piece: a white object, shaped like an egg, with painted representations of the virus SARS-CoV-2 across its surface
    September 26, 2025

    Long COVID is not FND, but some patients are getting diagnosed with it. Here’s what to do if it happens to you.

  • Five sheets of Paxlovid pills in an array, with a filter on the image making the sheets appear wobbly
    September 23, 2025

    Research updates, September 23

  • An image of the globe from space, showing the northern portion of South America, Central America, and southern North America
    September 16, 2025

    Research updates, September 16

  • September 12, 2025

    Stop looking for a silver bullet. Start mixing the Long COVID cocktail.

  • September 9, 2025

    RECOVER-TLC announces new Long COVID clinical trials, receives mixed reactions from patient community

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Covid-19

  • Line chart showing COVID-19 test positivity between summer 2023 and 2025. The chart is titled, "COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) Percent Positivity, by Week, in The United States, Reported to CDC." The X axis represents time, from May 2023 to July 2025, and the Y axis represents weekly % test positivity for COVID-19 tests reported in a CDC lab network. The chart shows COVID-19 waves in summer 2023, winter 2023-24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-25. The most recent data shows a significant increase between June 28 and July 12, 2025, though the line is dashed to indicate that recent data are preliminary and subject to change.
    July 22, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 22

  • Map of the U.S. by state, with states colored according to their wastewater viral activity levels for SARS-CoV-2. The chart is titled, "COVID-19 wastewater viral activity levels, July 5," and additional text below the title reads: "Wastewater viral activity levels of SARS-CoV-2 for U.S. states, for the week between June 29 and July 5, 2025. Note that the CDC's activity levels are based on already-high baselines." Four states are colored in dark red for "high" levels: Florida, Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii. Five states are colored in orange for "moderate" levels: California, Nevada, Colorado, Louisiana, South Carolina. Most other states are colored in yellow for "low" levels or light green for "very low" levels. North Dakota is colored in gray for "no data."
    July 15, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 15

  • alt text: Map of the U.S., with states color-coded according to whether COVID-19 cases are growing or declining based on CDC forecasts. Text above the map reads: "As of July 1, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 18 states, declining or likely declining in 3 states, and not changing in 23 states." States with "growing" infections, colored in dark purple, are Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Alaska. 14 other states across the South and West regions have "likely growing" infections, colored in lighter purple. States with "declining or likely declining" infections are colored in green, and the rest of the map is gray for "not changing" or white for "not estimated."
    July 8, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 8

  • Bar chart titled, "Published Sequences from NS3, CDC Sequencing Contracts, and Other CDC Sequencing Efforts: Weekly Published Sequences." The X axis represents time, from January 2021 to May 2025, while the Y axis represents SARS-CoV-2 sequences published each week. The number of sequences published increased and decreased along with COVID-19 spread from 2021 through 2023 but generally stated over 10,000 per week, peaking near 100,000 in early 2022. Since mid-2023, the number of sequences published has declined dramatically, typically staying under 2,000 a week in 2025. The bars are color-coded, with dark blue representing sequences published by the CDC itself and light blue representing sequences published by public health laboratories (PHLs) and partners.
    July 1, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 1

  • Graphic titled, "State Summary of California for SARS-CoV-2 (Last Update: 06/18/2025." The graphic includes two boxes with summary text on the left side and a line chart on the right side. The boxes read: "State Aggregated Summary: Level: Medium; Trend (compared to 21 days ago): Plateau 19%; Data Source: All Laboratories. 21 day Trend Summary: Number of sites reporting data in past 21 days: 63; Increasing at 21/63 sites (33%); Decreasing at 34/53 sites (54%); Plateauing at 8/63 sites (13%); Concentrations too low to define trends at 0/63 sites (0%)." The line chart on the right is titled, "State Aggregated Plot for SARS-CoV-2." It shows data from July 2024 through June 2025, and displays a significant summer surge in 2024, a smaller winter surge in 2024-25, and a slow increase in SARS-CoV-2 levels in the last several weeks. Levels for the last 21 days of data have passed CDPH's threshold for "low" and are now "medium."
    June 24, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 24

  • A portrait of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., colored in red, with a graphical representation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind him.
    June 19, 2025

    The federal government is restricting COVID-19 vaccine access. Here’s what that means for the ongoing pandemic and people with Long COVID.

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Health

  • Graphic showing a stained glass window, with light streaming through in shades of red, orange, pink, brown, blue, and other colors. There is a red shape of a cross at the center of the window.
    June 6, 2025

    Churches are ignoring the Long COVID crisis. Some say it’s at odds with Christian values.

  • 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

  • Graphic showing a red cross with a large crack running through its center, against a backdrop with small white coronavirus particles on an orange background
    June 2, 2025

    Emergency departments aren’t trained for Long COVID — and patients are paying the price

  • Graphic showing an image of an emergency room sign (shaded in red), a person placing their hand on their chest (shaded in green), and a black and white backdrop of blood cells and SARS-CoV-2 molecules.
    April 25, 2025

    COVID-19 triggered a life-threatening pulmonary embolism that led to long-term lung damage. It took two ER trips before doctors believed me.

  • Graphic shows two human figures facing each other, with X-ray-style imaging showing their bones. The figures are lit up in shades of yellow, red, pink, purple, and blue, and the backdrop behind them is blue graph paper.
    April 22, 2025

    This surgery fuses people’s skulls to their spines to treat a condition overlapping with myalgic encephalomyelitis

  • 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

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Commentary

  • November 28, 2023

    Share your story ideas at The Sick Times’s Virtual Town Hall

  • November 14, 2023

    Welcome to The Sick Times, a letter from our co-founder Miles W. Griffis

  • November 14, 2023

    Welcome to The Sick Times, a letter from our co-founder, Betsy Ladyzhets

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    November 14, 2023

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