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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

  • National COVID-19 trends, September 29
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, September 29

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Policy & Advocacy

  • A disease awareness ribbon in the colors teal and gray sits on top of a watercolor map of the world.
    March 14, 2025

    Our community came together to start International Long COVID Awareness Day in 2023. Here’s how you can get involved this year.

  • Photo of Rory Preston with a black and white filter, in front of a blue background with white strings of code and a design evoking biochemistry diagrams
    March 11, 2025

    Accurate statistics for ME and Long COVID are vital. That’s why I started a patient-led organization to “crunch” the diseases.

  • View of a federal building, with a black and white filter and other adjustments to create a harsh tone. The image has also been cut to evoke severe job cuts across the federal government.
    March 3, 2025

    Federal workers with Long COVID face firings, loss of accommodations, and more challenges under Trump

  • February 21, 2025

    Trump commands HHS to terminate advisory committee on Long COVID 

  • A photo of the U.S. Department of Labor Frances Perkins building, in Washington D.C.
    February 11, 2025

    Now offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability

  • 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

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Science

  • An anatomical illustration shows a portion of the human circulatory system. Heart, lungs, arteries, and veins are displayed in a "see through" view of a human's chest and upper torso.
    January 20, 2026

    Research updates, January 20

  • A young person lies in bed in a dark room, with an eye mask over their face and earplugs in.
    January 13, 2026

    Severe people may hold answers to Long COVID. They must be included in research.

  • A photo shows a temporary 2021 COVID-19 memorial on the lawn below the Washington Monument. White flags, each one representing the death of someone from COVID-19, cover the lawn as people experience the memorial sunny day.
    January 13, 2026

    Research updates, January 13

  • A 3D science illustration of a mitochondrion, the organelle that produces energy. It appears blue and white in the shape of a bean. Orange and red inner membranes glow.
    January 6, 2026

    Research updates, January 6

  • December 23, 2025

    Research updates, December 23

  • A close up photo of the back of an ambulance. The colorful blue and orange painted on the vehicle contrast are emphasized by a partly cloudy sky.
    December 16, 2025

    Research updates, December 16

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Covid-19

  • 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

  • Line chart from Yale's PopHIVE dashboard titled, "Trends in COVID-19 activity in United States." The chart includes seven lines representing different sources of COVID-19 activity data: black for CDC NHSN, dotted black for CDC NSSP, purple for CDC NWSS, dotted pink for CDC RespNET, red for Delphi Doctor Claims, dotted red/orange for Delphi Hospital Claims, orange for Epic Cosmos ED. The Y axis represents scaled COVID-19 activity (with all data sources adjusted to fit on the same axis), and the X axis represents time, going from October 2023 to September 2025. All data sources show COVID-19 waves in winter 2023-24, summer 2024, winter 2024-25, and summer-early fall 2025. The CDC data sources are not available after September 20, 2025, but more recent data from Delphi indicate that COVID-19 levels have continued to decline through late September.
    October 7, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, October 7

  • September 30, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, September 30

  • This livestream screenshot shows Violet Affleck speaking at the UN. A placard in front of her reads, "Youth advocate." She's wearing an N95 mask.
    September 23, 2025

    Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event

  • September 23, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, September 23

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Health

  • 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

  • Collage graphic, including a portrait of UK Work and Pensions Minister Sir Stephen Timms, a photo of Sheffield Hallam University's campus, and a photo of advocates from Not Recovered UK raising awareness about ME and Long COVID. The collage also includes screenshots of web pages about disability benefits.
    July 15, 2025

    Left without care: Many Long COVID clinics are closing down in the U.K.

  • Graphic showing an exercise band, with a label on top reading: "Certainty of evidence: Very low," and showing a rating of one of four stars. The graphic has a blue background and light red accents.
    July 8, 2025

    Experts call new Canadian Long COVID guidelines “contradictory” and “deeply concerning”

  • Collage graphic showing a physician with a white coat and stethoscope in the center, a pile of dollar bills at one corner, a health insurance claim form, and a cartoon-ish drawing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A red arrow cuts through the center, and matches the bright red background of the graphic.
    July 1, 2025

    Priced out: Some Long COVID and ME specialists charge high prices for concierge care

  • An image of hospitals and clinical teaching facilities at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, with a sepia-toned filter. On top of the image, there's a cartoonish, red drawing of a face showing distress, with X's for eyes and a tongue sticking out.
    June 24, 2025

    UNC shuts down Long COVID clinic, leaving thousands without specialized care

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Commentary

  • ID: Graphic showing an old desktop computer with a pixelated red umbrella, an international symbol for sex worker rights, on the screen. The image's background is black with white pixels.
    January 6, 2026

    Long COVID advocacy is incomplete without sex workers

  • December 19, 2025

    Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear.

  • December 9, 2025

    Doctors who refuse to engage with administrative work are abandoning their poorest and sickest patients

  • November 28, 2025

    You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.

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