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

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    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
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    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, January 20

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

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

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Policy & Advocacy

  • Portrait of Neil Riley
    November 22, 2024

    Advocacy groups suspend ties with U.K. charity The ME Association over chairman’s op-ed

  • November 5, 2024

    We set out to make our ‘invisible illness’ visible in South Africa with SICK Pride

  • October 29, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 3

  • A TV split-screen view shows Martha, who has medium length hair and glasses and wears a yellow and white shirt. She asks her question in the audience of a tv station set. Harris stands on the floor of the station wearing a black shirt and a brown blazer.
    October 11, 2024

    Kamala Harris responds to voter with Long COVID

  • October 8, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 2

  • Portrait of Tinu Abayomi-Paul
    October 4, 2024

    Tinu Abayomi-Paul, writer, disability advocate, and person with Long COVID, dies at 52

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Science

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    July 1, 2025

    Research updates, July 1

  • person getting his blood check
    June 24, 2025

    Research updates, June 24

  • a person using a notepad
    June 17, 2025

    Research updates, June 17

  • Slide showing microscope images of blood cells. The image on the right shows microclots, looking like a mass of invading blobs, over and on top of the cells. The title of the slide is "Microclot phenotype: Microclots seeding on intact blood cells"
    June 10, 2025

    Research updates, June 10

  • Infographic from JAMA Pediatrics, describing Long COVID in children. The graphic features a pink background and a pink version of a SARS-CoV-2 molecule in one corner. Text reads: "Long COVID happens when a child continues to have symptoms at least months after having a COVID-19 infection. Sometimes symptoms change, or symptoms may reappear after feeling better. Signs and symptoms of long COVID are variable in children of different ages." The graphic then lists symptoms and signs by age group, such as trouble sleeping in infants and toddlers (0-2 y), and trouble with memory or focusing in school-aged children (6-11 y).
    June 3, 2025

    Research updates, June 3

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    May 27, 2025

    Research updates, May 27

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Covid-19

  • Line chart titled, "SARS-CoV-2, All Wastewater Sites." The chart shows the national average of coronavirus readings in wastewater from across the U.S., representing sites in WWSCAN's network. The Y axis represents quantity of nucleic acids (PPMoV Normalized, x1 million) and the Y axis represents time, going from October 2023 to March 2025. It shows a major wave in winter 2023-24, a smaller wave in summer 2024, and then another smaller but longer wave in winter 2024-25, now plateaued at a moderate level.
    March 18, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, March 18

  • Chart titled, "Americans' Return to Pre-Pandemic Normalcy." Text at the top reads: "Thinking about your life before the start of the coronavirus, would you say your life right now is completely back to normal, somewhat back to normal but not completely normal, or not yet back to normal? If not back to normal: Do you think your life will ever get completely back to the “normal” that existed before the coronavirus pandemic?" The green line representing "completely back to normal" is at 47% in the most recent poll results; the dark blue line representing "no, but will get back" is at 13%; and the light blue line representing "no, will never get back to normal" is at 40%.
    March 11, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, March 11

  • Line chart titled, "National SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The Y axis is "effective concentration, copies/mL" and the X axis is time, going from March 2020 to March 2025. The chart shows COVID-19's many waves in the U.S. over the last five years; the most recent weeks of data show a smaller winter peak followed by a high plateau.
    March 4, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, March 4

  • State-by-state map of the U.S., with states color-coded according to "Respiratory illness activity." Green represents low, orange is moderate, red is high, purple is very high, and gray is data unavailable. Most states across the U.S. are in the moderate or high category, with a few at very high (Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Hampshire, Kansas, Oklahoma) and low (Alabama, North Dakota, New Mexico, Nevada). Text at the bottom of the map reads: "Data last updated on February 19, 2025 and presented through February 15, 2025. View this dataset on data.cdc.gov."
    February 25, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, February 25

  • February 21, 2025

    Trump commands HHS to terminate advisory committee on Long COVID 

  • Line chart, titled "SARS-CoV-2, All Wastewater Sites." The Y axis shows quantity of nucleic acids, PMMoV normalized (x 1 million), and the X axis shows time, going from summer 2023 through early 2025. The chart shows waves of infections in summer 2023, winter 2023-24, summer 2024, then winter 2024-25. The latest wave is lower in magnitude but longer than prior ones.
    February 18, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, February 18

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Health

  • January 23, 2025

    Long COVID is a smoldering threat to wildland firefighters

  • Organizer Abby Mahler poses next to a blue wagon full of high-quality masks. N95 masks in different shapes and colors are visible, such as 3M Auras. Mahler is wearing a N95 and giving a peace sign.
    January 10, 2025

    COVID-19 advocates are distributing masks to protect Californians from wildfire smoke

  • January 6, 2025

    How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

  • A DIY air filter, made with 18 fans facing out in different directions, is attached to a ceiling light fixture so that it hangs in the air above a dining table.
    December 24, 2024

    Invisible defenses: A guide for cleaner indoor air

  • December 24, 2024

    “Hardest f—kin years of my life”: Comedian Casey Frey says he may have Long COVID 

  • Portrait of Dr. Gemma Carey, with a forest green background
    December 23, 2024

    Dr. Gemma Carey, Australian public health scholar and Long COVID advocate, dies at 43

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Commentary

  • Graphic shows a series of three awareness ribbons in blue and teal, against a background of patterned blue/green/teal paint splotches
    February 6, 2025

    My husband and I have both had ME for decades, then our son got Long COVID

  • 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.
    February 4, 2025

    “Really pissed off”: Cochrane receives backlash from advocates and experts after abandoning ME/CFS review

  • A bright red and yellow graphic. At the center is a circular cut-out of text from the Affordable Care Act, with X-s for eyes and a mouth on top of it in drawn in black lines, and red spikes around the edges of the circle. There are bolded exclamation points on either sides of the cut-out text.
    January 27, 2025

    As someone with Long COVID, I’m terrified of what could happen to the Affordable Care Act

  • At the front, a row of protestors in wheelchairs display signs in support of Palestinian liberation. Essay author Jenna Bitar is second from left. Comrades are supporting the wheelchair users, and other members of the march are visible behind them, as well as businesses and homes of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
    January 17, 2025

    Instead of supporting people with Long COVID, our government funds a genocide

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