The Sick Times
  • Sections
    • Arts & Culture
    • Commentary
    • COVID-19
    • Health
    • International
    • Podcast
    • Policy & Advocacy
    • Science
  • About
    • Our team
    • Write for us
    • Transparency & policies
  • Resources
Newsletter
Donate
  • I worked in homeless services for years. It didn’t help me find accessible housing when I got Long COVID.

    I worked in homeless services for years. It didn’t help me find accessible housing when I got Long COVID.

    Rachel Litchman

    The 1988 amendments to the Fair Housing Act were supposed to address inaccessibility in housing by requiring buildings constructed after 1991 to meet certain accessibility requirements. In practice, however, less than 1% of the nation’s housing stock was fully wheelchair accessible as of 2022, most of it financially out of reach to people with disabilities, who often cannot afford the high prices.  Read more…

Recent articles

  • FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible?
    COVID-19, Health, Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible?

  • National COVID-19 trends, June 23
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, June 23

  • Research updates, June 23
    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, June 23

Get the latest Long COVID news and commentary

Sign up for our free newsletter, delivered every Tuesday! Receive our latest stories, research updates, COVID-19 trends, and more.

Processing…
Success! You're on the list.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.

Check out our weekly podcast, Still Here

SpotifySpotifyApple PodcastsApple PodcastsPocketCastsPocketCastsiHeartRadioiHeartRadioRSSRSS

Trending

FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible?FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible?Miles W. Griffis
We must free Long COVID and the people living with it from the mind-body trapWe must free Long COVID and the people living with it from the mind-body trapTodd Davenport
The U.K.’s plan for ME has failed us. Members of parliament must step up.The U.K.’s plan for ME has failed us. Members of parliament must step up.Nick Benton
National COVID-19 trends, June 23National COVID-19 trends, June 23Betsy Ladyzhets
Research updates, June 23Research updates, June 23Miles W. Griffis

Policy & Advocacy

  • 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

  • September 24, 2024

    Millions of Americans have Long COVID. Will Kamala Harris acknowledge them?

  • Collage showing a crate of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, a map of mask bloc locations, a box of 3M N95 respirators, and a flyer from a mask bloc in Nassau County and Queens, New York introducing how mask blocs distribute free high-quality masks in their communities
    September 10, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 1

  • September 3, 2024

    “Perfect storm” of criminalization: Analyzing mask bans

  • August 13, 2024

    Q&A: NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli on next steps for RECOVER, future Long Covid research plans, and more

Previous Page
1 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 17
Next Page

Science

  • A photo of white, circular pills with a shifted, overlay filter with yellows, blues, and reds.
    September 2, 2025

    Research updates, September 2

  • Collage graphic showing a chicken on the left, with an orange filter, a cow on the right, in black and white, and a cutout of a farmworker's silhouette in the center.
    August 27, 2025

    Despite waning headlines, bird flu is still a threat. Here’s how you can help farmworkers.

  • August 22, 2025

    The crisis is “exasperating”: Long COVID compounds economic hardship in Argentina

  • A bright collage of orange, turquoise, and terracotta that includes captivating, pink hollyhock flowers, a person with long hair in a high quality mask, ristras (red, dried chili peppers) and a black and white poster for the keystone symposia for Long COVID and other post-acute infection syndromes.
    August 19, 2025

    “The field is coming of age”: Long COVID researchers gather in Santa Fe to foster collaboration

  • 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

Previous Page
1 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 36
Next Page

Covid-19

  • 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

  • This graphic displays the estimated disease burden of COVID-19 during the 2024-'25 winter season. It includes estimated illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths, each represented as a range of potential burden and identified with icons. COVID-19 estimates: 8.6 million to 14.6 million illnesses, 2.1 million to 3.5 million medical visits, 240,000 to 400,000 hospitalizations, 28,000 to 47,000 deaths.
    April 22, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, April 22

  • Graphic showing a cartoon figure in a mask, with shapes of several states (Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri, Alabama) around them and a backdrop of colorful tape strips.
    April 18, 2025

    Missives from the dismissed: Still COVIDing without community

  • Chart from the CDC. Text at the top reads: "This chart shows national and regional trends of wastewater viral activity levels of SARS-COV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19)." The chart shows the past year of data, April 2024 to April 2025. National trends are shown with a black line, and regional trends are in different colors: yellow for the Midwest, purple for the South, light blue for the Northeast, teal for the West. All four regions had significant COVID-19 waves in summer 2024 and winter 2024-25; the winter wave led to less disease spread at its peak but was longer, and current disease levels are now higher than they were at this time last year.
    April 15, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, April 15

  • Chart from the CDC, titled: "Percentage of Emergency Department (ED) Visits Diagnosed as COVID-19, by Week, in The United States, Reported to CDC." The chart's X axis is time, spanning November 2022 to March 2025, and the Y axis is the percent of emergency department (ED) visits diagnosed as COVID-19. The chart shows COVID-19 waves in winter 2022-23, summer 2023, winter 2023-24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-25. Following the latest wave, the % of ED visits diagnosed as COVID-19 has been stuck at a relatively high plateau, with the most recent value (over 0.5%) higher than the lows in between past waves.
    April 8, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, April 8

  • Map of New York State, with a variety of colored dots representing wastewater testing sites. The dots are colored according to SARS-CoV-2 detection level, with red/orange shades for higher levels and blue shades for lower levels. In the most recent data, 40 sites report higher levels (including many in NYC and Long Island, as well as Western NY), 60 report moderate levels, 15 report low levels, and the remaining 54 do not have recent data available.
    April 1, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, April 1

Previous Page
1 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 29
Next Page

Health

  • 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

  • An image of two people talking while wearing KN95 masks, against a background with a light green and white pattern
    January 30, 2025

    The “pandemic of abandonment”: Navigating friendships five years into COVID-19

  • 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

  • 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

Previous Page
1 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 19
Next Page

Commentary

  • An abstract collage graphic shows a justice scale in an orange filter. Other photos show a person in an MRI machine and a close up of a virus spike protein in black and white. Blue and red triangles are laid over the graphic.
    June 2, 2026

    Research ethics boards need urgent training on Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis

  • A collage of press clippings and images related to the Long Covid Moonshot bill and advocacy around it, including including images of Bernie Sanders, Ziyad Al-Aly, and advocates in blue “Moonshot” shirts and masks after a senate hearing
    May 19, 2026

    A toolkit for new advocates: What I learned from the Long COVID Moonshot campaign

  • A photo shows colorful trays and vials on a research desk. The gloved hand of a researcher in a white coat is briefly shown, as well as a computer and yellow bucket.
    May 8, 2026

    A test for Long COVID can’t leave anyone behind

  • Protestors stand outside a brick building during a DoNoHarm BC action. They all wear high quality masks and hold bright signs demanding hospitals prevent airborne of pathogens with masking and other clean air interventions. One reads, "Hospitals should be safe"
    April 24, 2026

    We need masks in healthcare. Now.

Previous Page
1 2 3 4 … 24
Next Page

The Sick Times is an independent news site founded by journalists Betsy Ladyzhets and Miles Griffis. We report on the Long COVID crisis, COVID-19, and infection-associated illnesses.

Contact:
editors@thesicktimes.org

PO Box 331009
Brooklyn, NY 11233

  1. Home
  2. About
  3. Newsletter
  4. Podcast
  5. Transparency & policies
  6. Write for us
  7. Resources
  8. Donate
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Bluesky

Sign up for our free newsletter, delivered every Tuesday. Receive our latest stories, research updates, COVID-19 trends, and more.

Processing…
Success! You're on the list 🙂
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.

© 2026 The Sick Times

Loading Comments...