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  • Biological pathways and mechanistic trials centered at new Long COVID conference in Amsterdam

    Biological pathways and mechanistic trials centered at new Long COVID conference in Amsterdam

    David Tuller

    Researchers, clinicians, and advocates gathered for the inaugural conference of the International Society for Long COVID and Post-Acute Infection Syndromes in the Netherlands in late August. The four-day event featured hundreds of presentations and posters about trials and disease mechanisms. Read more…

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  • Research updates, October 6
    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, October 6

  • National COVID-19 trends, October 6
    COVID-19
    Betsy Ladyzhets

    National COVID-19 trends, October 6

  • Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book
    Arts & Culture
    Heather Hogan

    Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book

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Policy & Advocacy

  • A TV split-screen view shows Martha, who has medium length hair and glasses and wears a yellow and white shirt. She asks her question in the audience of a tv station set. Harris stands on the floor of the station wearing a black shirt and a brown blazer.
    October 11, 2024

    Kamala Harris responds to voter with Long COVID

  • 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

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Science

  • A graphic featuring a photo of the Long COVID Treatment Trial testing kit: a package, colored teal on the inside, that includes a Garmin device, smart scale, and other supplies for the trial, along with instructions. The kit is shown three times, with a background that is light orange with white spots
    October 30, 2025

    We need more at-home clinical trials for Long COVID. Here’s how we designed the largest one yet.

  • October 28, 2025

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

  • Colorized electron micrograph scan of a T-cell, a type of white blood cell. The cell appears as a yellow mass with many intersecting pieces
    October 28, 2025

    Research updates, October 28

  • A street vendor in a respirator cooks in front of an orange bus
    October 21, 2025

    Research updates, October 21

  • 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?

  • A colorized electron micrograph of pink HPV particles contrast on a light blue background.
    October 14, 2025

    Research updates, October 14

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Covid-19

  • Bar chart titled, "Published Sequences from NS3, CDC Sequencing Contracts, and Other CDC Sequencing Efforts: Weekly Published Sequences." The X axis represents time, from January 2021 to May 2025, while the Y axis represents SARS-CoV-2 sequences published each week. The number of sequences published increased and decreased along with COVID-19 spread from 2021 through 2023 but generally stated over 10,000 per week, peaking near 100,000 in early 2022. Since mid-2023, the number of sequences published has declined dramatically, typically staying under 2,000 a week in 2025. The bars are color-coded, with dark blue representing sequences published by the CDC itself and light blue representing sequences published by public health laboratories (PHLs) and partners.
    July 1, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, July 1

  • Graphic titled, "State Summary of California for SARS-CoV-2 (Last Update: 06/18/2025." The graphic includes two boxes with summary text on the left side and a line chart on the right side. The boxes read: "State Aggregated Summary: Level: Medium; Trend (compared to 21 days ago): Plateau 19%; Data Source: All Laboratories. 21 day Trend Summary: Number of sites reporting data in past 21 days: 63; Increasing at 21/63 sites (33%); Decreasing at 34/53 sites (54%); Plateauing at 8/63 sites (13%); Concentrations too low to define trends at 0/63 sites (0%)." The line chart on the right is titled, "State Aggregated Plot for SARS-CoV-2." It shows data from July 2024 through June 2025, and displays a significant summer surge in 2024, a smaller winter surge in 2024-25, and a slow increase in SARS-CoV-2 levels in the last several weeks. Levels for the last 21 days of data have passed CDPH's threshold for "low" and are now "medium."
    June 24, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 24

  • A portrait of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., colored in red, with a graphical representation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind him.
    June 19, 2025

    The federal government is restricting COVID-19 vaccine access. Here’s what that means for the ongoing pandemic and people with Long COVID.

  • A screenshot of two CDC charts, one on the left is a bar chart and on the right is a table. The bar chart is titled: "Weighted and Nowcast Estimates in the United States for 2-Week Periods in 2/16/2025 to 6/7/2025." Below, it shows eight bars, each representing a two-week period. Every bar has color-coded sections corresponding to different SARS-CoV-2 variants. The right-most two bars are shaded in gray to indicate that they are modeled estimates for recent weeks, with data subject to change. The table on the right is titled, "Nowcast Estimates in United States for 5/25/2025 to 6/7/2025." It shows variant estimates for the most recent two-week period, with colors corresponding to the bars on the left. Variant LP.8.1, in bright orange, has dominated the variant landscape for most recent weeks, but a new variant called NB.1.8.1 is now quickly taking over. It's estimated to cause 37% of new cases in the most recent two-week period, though it has a large confidence interval, spanning 13% to 68%.
    June 17, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 17

  • Line 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 share of weekly ED visits diagnosed as COVID are represented with an orange line. The Y axis represents the % of weekly visits, and the X axis represents time, spanning December 2022 through May 2025. The chart shows several COVID-19 waves, and most recently shows the winter 2024-25 wave followed by a slow decline in COVID-caused ED visits. In the most recent week of data, this value went back up slightly.
    June 10, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 10

  • Line chart from Biobot Analytics titled, "Regional SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Concentrations." The chart includes four lines, each representing SARS-CoV-2 trends for one region of the U.S.: pink for the South, purple for the Midwest, green for the West, gold for the Northeast. The X axis represents time, spanning February 2024 to May 2025, and the Y axis represents effective concentration of SARS-CoV-2, copies/mL. All regions have experienced COVID-19 waves in winter 2023-24, summer 2024, and winter 2024-25. In recent weeks, levels have declined in all regions except for the West, where they have been slowly increasing.
    June 3, 2025

    National COVID-19 trends, June 3

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Health

  • Graphic shows a medical provider wearing a KN95 mask and sitting at a monitor, with a red-pink-purple-blue gradient and outwardly-radiating lines in the background
    February 28, 2025

    A lack of provider literacy is straining people with Long COVID. Training programs for doctors could help.

  • February 21, 2025

    Trump commands HHS to terminate advisory committee on Long COVID 

  • A graphic based on Mexico's flag: green, white, and red stripes with an image of an eagle eating a snake on a cactus in the center. The red stripe is made up of many copies of the virus SARS-CoV-2.
    February 18, 2025

    Without clear clinical guidelines in México, people with Long COVID face gaslighting and erasure

  • 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

  • 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

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Commentary

  • A purple flyer with black text reads, “Commemorating Long COVID Awareness Day with The Sick Times. Panel discussion: The Sick Times editors Betsy Ladyzhets + Heather Hogan. Local Long COVID and COVID-19 organizers. Essay readings from The Sick Times contributors. Audience Q&A. Nonbinarian Bookstore. 1130 President St, Brooklyn NY. 7 pm - 9 PM. March 18. All in-person attendees are required to wear high-quality masks (KN95/N95 or better), no exceptions. Testing beforehand is encouraged. If you don’t feel well, please stay home!” Betsy Ladyzhets and Heather Hogan are featured in rectangle photos on the left of the page. They’re both holding microphones and wearing KN95/N95 masks at different events.
    March 4, 2025

    Event announcement: Commemorating Long COVID Awareness Day

  • This graphic shows two images in the style of Renaissance-era tapestries. One, framed in the center, shows a unicorn surrounded by a fence; the second, in the background, shows figures with hunting weapons and dogs
    February 25, 2025

    The Long COVID unicorn: How I lost faith in my leftist political party

  • February 14, 2025

    Invivyd Chairman Marc Elia: The bureaucracy is killing people with Long COVID

  • Graphic shows a series of three awareness ribbons in blue and teal, against a background of patterned blue/green/teal paint splotches
    February 6, 2025

    My husband and I have both had ME for decades, then our son got Long COVID

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