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  • I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system.
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    I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system.

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Science

  • Portrait of Lisa McCorkell, with a backdrop of flowers
    April 7, 2025

    Lisa McCorkell reflects on five years of Long COVID research, and leaving PLRC

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    April 1, 2025

    What we know about the U.S. bird flu outbreak and its chronic disease risk

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    April 1, 2025

    Research updates, April 1

  • March 28, 2025

    UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored

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    March 27, 2025

    RECOVER grants for Long COVID pathobiology research are among those cut under new NIH directive

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    March 25, 2025

    Research updates, March 25

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Covid-19

  • Line chart showing SARS-CoV-2 levels over time for the U.S. nationally (black line) and four major regions (Northeast in bright green, South in yellow-green, Midwest in red, West in blue). Following increases over the summer, viral levels are decreasing in all four regions.
    October 15, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, October 15

  • October 14, 2024

    Filmmaker Jesse Ridgway shares experience with Long COVID with millions of followers

  • October 8, 2024

    A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 2

  • State-by-state map of the U.S., with states colored according to epidemic trends for COVID-19. Most of the map is colored in teal for "declining" or "likely declining" with a few states marked as white for "not estimated" or gray for "not changing." Text above the chart reads: "As of October 1, 2024, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 0 states, declining or likely declining in 45 states, and not changing in 2 states."
    October 8, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, October 8

  • A map of the United States color-coded in shades of maroon, orange, and gray displaying SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Viral Activity level as of September 21, 2024, where deeper tones correlate to higher viral activity and gray indicates “Insufficient,” or “No Data.” Text above the map reads “Very High” or “High” levels in 34 states. Data is unavailable for Guam, North Dakota, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. At the bottom, text reads People’s CDC. Source: CDC.
    October 1, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, October 1

  • September 24, 2024

    National COVID-19 trends, September 24

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Commentary

  • A young woman stands by a staircase with a backdrop of tree canopy.  She wears a white, high quality mask and has long dark hair. She wears a teal sweatshirt and black pants.
    September 21, 2026

    COVID-19 — not TikTok — is disabling young women

  • A demonstrator holds a cardboard sign that reads  "People Not Profit." The demonstrator has long hair and wears a high quality black mask.
    September 15, 2026

    Denial is a tactic for both the COVID-19 and climate crises

  • Miles  [12:23 PM] ID: A burnt, but surviving Joshua tree stands in the Dome Fire burn scar during sunset. A far away mountain glows in the late day light. Thousands of dead Joshua trees stand on the burnscar among invasive grasses that paint the landscape gold.
    September 8, 2026

    We made a COVID-19 memorial in the ashes of a Joshua tree forest

  • A collage of three images: a close up of a Black woman in a high quality mask, brain scans, and a close up of a service dog's vest. Red, violet, and sage green shapes are laid over the images.
    August 28, 2026

    “We’re going to stop the gaslighting right now”: How I’m fighting back as a Black woman with Long COVID

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