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  • I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system.
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    October Krausch

    I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system.

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    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, September 29

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Science

  • Graphic showing how masks measure up, based on a recent study in PLOS One. Medical and cotton masks have a filtration efficiency of around 50%; KF94/KN95s with earloops, level 3 medical masks, and another type of cotton masks are around 70%; and level 1 medical masks and N95 respirators (with overhead straps) are over 90%.
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    Research updates, April 29

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    April 22, 2025

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

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    April 22, 2025

    Research updates, April 22

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    April 15, 2025

    Research updates, April 15

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    April 8, 2025

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

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    April 8, 2025

    Research updates, April 8

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Covid-19

  • November 8, 2024

    Live blog: Following the Fall 2024 PolyBio Symposium on Long COVID research

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    National COVID-19 trends, November 5

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    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 3

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    National COVID-19 trends, October 29

  • October 22, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, October 22

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    October 15, 2024

    Research updates, October 15

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Health

  • January 30, 2024

    This artist is memorializing the Covid-19 pandemic through textiles, and you can help

  • January 16, 2024

    What recovery? Long Covid’s deep impact on Latinos

  • January 9, 2024

    New CDC data identify more than 5,000 Long Covid deaths, but tally is likely a significant undercount

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    December 12, 2023

    HHS gave million-dollar grants to nine Long Covid clinics; here’s how they plan to use the funding

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    December 5, 2023

    HIV may increase the risk of Long Covid. Why aren’t major advocacy groups addressing it?

  • December 5, 2023

    Project N95 ending mask store, free distributions by the end of 2023

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