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  • “People are dying because of the stigma”: Long COVID’s global underreporting problem

    “People are dying because of the stigma”: Long COVID’s global underreporting problem

    Melanie Marich

    Hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets speak with health journalist Jamie Ducharme about why Long COVID is dramatically underreported globally, and hear from South African advocate Mlindeni Gabela about fighting for diagnosis and breaking stigma in his community. Read more…

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Policy & Advocacy

Science

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    January 28, 2025

    Research updates, January 28

  • January 23, 2025

    Long COVID is a smoldering threat to wildland firefighters

  • This graphic shows two medical drawings of the human body, with icons of SARS-CoV-2 overlaid on top of different body parts to signify viral persistence.
    January 21, 2025

    Finding an accepted Long COVID biomarker will be complicated. This blood test could give us answers.

  • A research building sitting on the bank of a river, with the Shionogi logo on the top of the building.
    January 21, 2025

    Research updates, January 21

  • A section of the AIDS quilt, featuring tributes to people who died of the disease. Each one is a colorful rectangle with the person's name, details about their life, and graphics. The section for activist Ryan White is black with green letters and a white candle.
    January 14, 2025

    Immune system damage from COVID-19 is different from HIV/AIDS — but the advocacy has parallels

  • Screenshot of slide from FNIH. "What has happened since the November 2024 RECOVER-TLC webinar?" December 2024: First wave of antiviral prioritization completed, scientific oversight committee (SOC) empaneled, newsletter issued, FNIH RECOVER-TLC website updated January 2025: Reached over 400 submissions to therapeutics portal, first SOC meeting, neurological prioritization group empaneled Upcoming: Antiviral prioritization wave 2, Immunomodulatory prioritization wave 1, Neurological agent prioritization wave 1, Host-targeted cardiovascular and metabolics prioritization groups empaneled Planned for February 2025: More prioritization, including waves 1 and 2 for different groups, second SOC meeting
    January 14, 2025

    Research updates, January 14

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Covid-19

  • 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

  • Line chart titled, "Percentage of Emergency Department Visits with Diagnosed COVID-19 in United States, by Age Group." The chart shows this ratio from September 2023 to September 2024. Children ages 0 to 11, shown with a yellow dotted line, had the highest percentage in late summer 2024, higher than even ages 75+ (shown in purple).
    September 10, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, September 10

  • September 3, 2024

    “Perfect storm” of criminalization: Analyzing mask bans

  • September 3, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, September 3

  • August 27, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, August 27

  • August 21, 2024

    These are the drag artists and organizers fighting to make queer spaces more COVID safe

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Health

  • December 5, 2023

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

  • November 21, 2023

    What’s happening this week, November 21

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Commentary

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    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.

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    May 20, 2025

    I want a Long COVID language revolution — not language imposed onto my sick, disabled body

  • Portrait of Kim Moy, standing on a boardwalk in front of a landscape of trees and water.
    May 15, 2025

    Avoiding caregiver burnout: Wisdom for the ME and Long COVID community

  • A page in Felicity's diary, covered in a drawing of a light bulb done with black pen and highlighter. Text below the light bulb reads: "A light has been turned on." The adjacent page has images of a flyer for a frog study and flowers.
    May 2, 2025

    How volunteering to become a lab rat paid off

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