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  • We need masks in healthcare. Now.

    We need masks in healthcare. Now.

    Tesla Bellina-Gustafson

    As a person with Long COVID, losing consciousness was a terrifying experience made worse by a potential exposure risk. I quickly put my mask back on and thankfully managed to escape unscathed. But this experience reinforced how much power healthcare providers have over those in their care. Read more…

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  • A “muddy intervention”: The complex reality of taVNS therapy for Long COVID
    Health, Science
    Corina Maller

    A “muddy intervention”: The complex reality of taVNS therapy for Long COVID

  • Research updates, April 21
    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, April 21

  • National COVID-19 trends, April 21
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, April 21

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Policy & Advocacy

  • A person sits cross-legged on a city sidewalk, huddled in a winter coat. They hold a cardboard sign that reads: "COVID sucks, hard and lonely times, thank you." There is a white bucket sitting in front of them, reading: "Anything helps, thank you, God bless."
    June 17, 2025

    Long COVID is increasing housing insecurity, but support programs fail to help

  • Collage graphic, featuring black-and-white photos of the Missouri state capitol and of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) advocates at the 2025 Millions Missing demonstration. The graphic has a light purple background and an image of a hand holding a megaphone in the bottom left corner.
    June 11, 2025

    Minnesota’s unique Long COVID program retains funding following advocacy

  • 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

  • Collage graphic showing cut-outs of people wearing KN95 masks
    May 27, 2025

    Illinois could become the first state in the country to ban mask bans. Here’s how we created the bill to do it.

  • Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., pictured at the Senate during a hearing on May 14
    May 14, 2025

    Secretary Kennedy promises to support Long COVID treatment research in Senate hearing, says son is “dramatically affected”

  • May 12, 2025

    “Millions Missing” protest at the Capitol demands myalgic encephalomyelitis funding, social support

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Science

  • December 16, 2025

    Despite Long COVID’s ongoing impact, research in Colombia is limited

  • A microscope image shows a close up of red blood cells and lymphocytes, or, white blood cells. The red blood cells are pink and round and dominate the slide, while the white blood cells, only five of them, appear bright purple and round.
    December 9, 2025

    Research updates, December 9

  • December 2, 2025

    Research updates, December 2

  • Five scientists are seated behind a long table with microphones. One, on the left, is speaking to answer a question from the audience, and the other four are listening to her. One of the speakers is wearing a mask. A banner displayed on the table reads: "3rd Long COVID International Conference, 2025, Hybrid meeting, 19-20 November, Boston, United States."
    November 25, 2025

    International Long COVID conference spotlights biomarker and mechanism research

  • A close up artwork of the American $100 bill featuring Benjamin Franklin. The former president, a white man in his 50s or 60s appears green with lines across his face and stares at the viewer.
    November 25, 2025

    Research updates, November 25

  • Artistic depiction of ME symptoms by a woman who has the disease, showing a woman slumped over with exhaustion in a river of blue and orange
    November 21, 2025

    Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise

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Covid-19

  • Two line charts from the Maine CDC showing trends in emergency room visits. Text at the top reads: "Percentage of weekly statewide emergency room visits with symptoms, complaints, or diagnoses suggesting respiratory disease. These are not confirmed cases. Figures come from Maine's syndromic surveillance system. They represent rough estimates of the burden of particular syndromes or conditions and should not be interpreted to be exact." Both charts include timeframes from September 1, 2024 to November 1, 2025 with time on the X axis. The Y axis represents share of ER visits that are attributed to potential conditions. The top chart represents potential COVID-19 visits and the bottom one represents flu-like symptoms. Both diseases had waves in winter 2024-25, then COVID-19 had an increase in late summer 2025, and both saw increases in October.
    November 11, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, November 11

  • November 4, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, November 4

  • Line chart from Biobot Analytics titled, "Regional SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The X axis represents time, spanning June 2024 to October 2025, and the Y axis represents effective concentration of SARS-CoV-2, copies/mL. There are four lines for the four regions of the U.S. All regions had COVID-19 waves in summer 2024, winter 2024-25, and summer 2025, but magnitudes varied by region. As of mid-October 2025, SARS-CoV-2 levels are trending down in all four regions, and are higher in the Northeast (yellow) and West (green) than the South (pink) and Midwest (purple).
    October 28, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, October 28

  • October 24, 2025

    Shutdown leaves gaps in states’ health data, possibly endangering lives

  • Multiple line charts show emergency department visits for so-called "respiratory" illnesses in New York City in recent months. The largest chart, in the top and center, shows all visits for these diagnoses with an orange line; visits hovered around 6-6.5% for much of the summer, then rose over 8% in late September, and are going down slightly in the most recent data. Below this one, three other, smaller charts show COVID-19 visits (in blue), flu visits (in purple), and RSV visits (in green). COVID-19 visits have recently declined following an increase in the summer. Flu and RSV visits are both much lower, near 0%. Text at the top of the image reads: "These data show trends of people who received a respiratory illness diagnosis in an NYC emergency department and do not represent everyone with respiratory illness. For example, people who received care outside of an emergency department or who never sought care for their illness are not included."
    October 21, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, October 21

  • Line chart from WastewaterSCAN showing the average SARS-CoV-2 levels for all sites in their wastewater surveillance network. The Y axis represents quantity of nucleic acids, PMMoV normalized (x1 million), and the X axis represents time, spanning July 2024 to October 2025. The chart shows a COVID-19 wave in summer 2024, one in winter 2024-25, and one in summer-early fall 2025. Levels have significantly declined from early September through early October 2025, and the latest levels are close to the lows reported in May-June of this year.
    October 14, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, October 14

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Health

  • October 28, 2025

    Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used?

  • October 25, 2025

    NBA player Kristaps Porziņģis shares POTS diagnosis

  • October 24, 2025

    Shutdown leaves gaps in states’ health data, possibly endangering lives

  • A black and white photo shows a close of up of a person's arm as they put on a nicotine patch. Doodles in bright yellow laid of over the image read "Nicotine" and display the chemical signature of nicotine with one of the hexagons of the molecule over the patch.
    October 17, 2025

    Nicotine patches help relieve symptoms in some people with Long COVID. Can the science behind it lead to future therapies?

  • October 14, 2025

    Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking

  • Graphic with a zebra-print background, representing EDS awareness. At the center of the image, there is a plus icon for healthcare offset with cartoon representations of the virus SARS-CoV-2.
    October 7, 2025

    Getting diagnosed with hypermobility can help some people with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier.

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Commentary

  • The image is a selfie of Marcia Doherty, a woman who sits in a medical bed in a medical facility. She wears a blue and white striped hat, stylish tan glasses, an white N95 mask, and a white and black t-shirt.
    March 20, 2026

    Marcia: Life with severe ME is like screaming into the void

  • Graphic highlighting the cover of the PLRC-RTHM Long COVID Treatment Guide, featuring both organizations' logos and text sharing the guide's title. Behind the cover, there is a zoomed-in image of a blister pack holding pills.
    March 12, 2026

    A new aid in the doctor’s office: Introducing the Long COVID Treatment Guide

  • A person is standing looking down, they appear sad. They have brown hair, and are wearing a brown sweater. They are leaning on a fence and appear to be on a bridge walkway. There is a group of people in the distance. In the background is a sunset with orange, yellow, and blue colors that is set over dark blue water, with a green hillside lining the waterway.
    March 7, 2026

    My child and I both have Long COVID. Even in COVID-aware spaces, we are excluded because of their pre-existing disability.

  • A flier for the event reads, "The Sick Times: Free Webinar, The Long COVID Op-Ed." It features photos, names, and affiliations for the event's three guest speakers: Torie Bosch, First Opinion editor at STAT; Madeline Miller, best-selling author; Funmi Okunola, MD, co-founder of Long COVID the Answers. There is a stack of newspapers in the background of the flyer, on top of a teal background.
    February 24, 2026

    How to write an op-ed about Long COVID

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