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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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    Science
    Miles W. Griffis

    Research updates, October 6

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    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

Science

  • people walking at the hallway while carrying medical supplies
    May 6, 2025

    Research updates, May 6

  • 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

  • Graphic showing how masks measure up, based on a recent study in PLOS One. Medical and cotton masks have a filtration efficiency of around 50%; KF94/KN95s with earloops, level 3 medical masks, and another type of cotton masks are around 70%; and level 1 medical masks and N95 respirators (with overhead straps) are over 90%.
    April 29, 2025

    Research updates, April 29

  • Graphic shows two human figures facing each other, with X-ray-style imaging showing their bones. The figures are lit up in shades of yellow, red, pink, purple, and blue, and the backdrop behind them is blue graph paper.
    April 22, 2025

    This surgery fuses people’s skulls to their spines to treat a condition overlapping with myalgic encephalomyelitis

  • person doing blood test
    April 22, 2025

    Research updates, April 22

  • hands holding rtg picture
    April 15, 2025

    Research updates, April 15

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Covid-19

  • Line chart showing SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater from fall 2023 through fall 2024, titled, "SARS-CoV-2, All Wastewater Sites." The Y axis represents quantity of nucleic acids, PMMoV Normalized (x 1 million) while the X axis represents time. Levels rose significantly in winter 2023 and then again in summer 2024, and are now in a moderate plateau as of early November 2024.
    November 12, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, November 12

  • November 8, 2024

    Live blog: Following the Fall 2024 PolyBio Symposium on Long COVID research

  • November 5, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, November 5

  • October 29, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 3

  • October 29, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, October 29

  • October 22, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, October 22

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Health

  • January 30, 2024

    This artist is memorializing the Covid-19 pandemic through textiles, and you can help

  • January 16, 2024

    What recovery? Long Covid’s deep impact on Latinos

  • January 9, 2024

    New CDC data identify more than 5,000 Long Covid deaths, but tally is likely a significant undercount

  • black woman patient in mask looking away in light room
    December 12, 2023

    HHS gave million-dollar grants to nine Long Covid clinics; here’s how they plan to use the funding

  • man wearing red ribbon
    December 5, 2023

    HIV may increase the risk of Long Covid. Why aren’t major advocacy groups addressing it?

  • December 5, 2023

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

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Commentary

  • September 23, 2025

    Letter to the editors: Concerns about California’s right-to-mask bill

  • September 12, 2025

    Stop looking for a silver bullet. Start mixing the Long COVID cocktail.

  • A graphic showing white KN94 masks and yellow and white megaphones in a neat pattern that alternates the two objects. The background is a dark navy.
    September 2, 2025

    How do you get people to care about COVID-19? Here’s what I’ve learned as an organizer.

  • A portrait of Jermaine Greaves, repeated six times in a grid with alternating color tones, white and yellow
    August 15, 2025

    Long COVID taught me to slow down and stop trying to meet able-bodied benchmarks

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