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  • Research updates, October 6

    Research updates, October 6

    Miles W. Griffis

    As many as 2.3 million new cases of cancer were triggered by viral infections worldwide in 2024, according to new research in The Lancet Oncology. French researchers analyzed a large database of cancer incidence from 2024, looking at specific diagnoses that were attributable to infections. Read more…

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  • 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

  • Anil van der Zee receives Dutch royal distinction
    International, Policy & Advocacy
    David Tuller

    Anil van der Zee receives Dutch royal distinction

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Policy & Advocacy

  • Katie Drackert delivers a speech at the Austin city council meeting where councilmembers recognized International Long COVID Awareness Day, while fellow advocates look on in the background. Katie is wearing a black respirator with a mask chain.
    March 17, 2026

    Austin recognizes Long COVID Awareness Day, events happen around the world

  • An edited photo shows Los Angeles's City Hall building in a teal filter. The building is tall and pointy. Trees are in the bottom portion of the photo while a beautiful cloud appears behind the building in the blue sky.
    February 25, 2026

    Los Angeles recognizes Long COVID Awareness Day

  • A graphic shows Maryland Delegate Greg Wims reading off of a computer during a House of Delegates event. Behind him, the photo is overlaid with a screenshot from the Maryland legislature's website showing the progress of HB0027, the Long COVID innovation bill's designation in the House. It is currently in the "referral to committee" phase and soon to have a hearing. The background behind that timeline is the Maryland state flag.
    February 6, 2026

    Maryland considers Long COVID innovation bill

  • Senator Susan Collins speaks at the second Lyme disease roundtable. She is a white woman in her early 70s and swears a grey blazer and white shirt. Behind her a sign reads "Lyme disease roundtable."
    December 16, 2025

    HHS hosts event and announces new initiatives for Lyme disease, but advocates are skeptical about follow-through

  • A photo of Nevra Elis on a hospital bed. She is a Pakistani woman with severe ME and wears a white and blue hospital gown and a blue surgical mask. Her eyes are closed and she lays on her back.
    December 15, 2025

    “Medically neglected” and “structurally erased”: International network appeals for ME advocate Nevra Elis

  • December 9, 2025

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

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Science

  • A scientific illustration shows a neuron synapse with dopamine, small appearing molecules. The synapses are bright purple and blue, while the dopamine appear yellow and light blue. The illustration is contrasted with a jet black background.
    July 14, 2026

    Research updates, July 14

  • An image of immunohistochemistry (IHC), a type of labratory technique that identifies proteins in a tissue sample shows positive SARS-CoV-2 viruses. The image shows brown and blue dots.
    July 7, 2026

    Research updates, July 7

  • An image from a Long COVID study shows cerebral "F-FDG PET-CT" scans. Brain images appear in yellow and blue. Figure text from the article: "Representative 18F-FDG PET scan for a patient with Long COVID showing cerebral hypometabolism. The scan above shows the unprocessed 18F-FDG PET scan of the brain, and the below image has been processed to demonstrate the comparison to the age- and gender-matched normal database using the pons to normalize the comparison. This scan shows near global hypometabolism particularly pronounced in the occipital lobes, correlating with the participant’s symptoms of cognitive dysfunction and fatigue with post exertional malaise"
    June 30, 2026

    Research updates, June 30

  • June 23, 2026

    FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible?

  • A scientific illustration shows the the human chest anatomy, including a heart, lungs, arteries, and veins.
    June 23, 2026

    Research updates, June 23

  • A group of Chumash paddlers cross the Santa Barbara Channel, paddling toward the sun as it rises above the horizon. The paddlers and their Tomol are in shadow.
    June 16, 2026

    Research updates, June 16

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Covid-19

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for June 23, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "low" (represented with a light yellow color) and stable (represented with a side to side arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (light yellow) and significantly decreasing (directly down arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is low (light yellow) and stable. Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    June 23, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, June 23

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for June 16, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "low" (represented with a light yellow color) and stable (represented with a side to side arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (light yellow) and stable; and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is low (light yellow) and stable. Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    June 16, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, June 16

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for June 9, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "medium" (represented with a darker yellow color) and slightly increasing (represented with a diagonal up arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and slightly decreasing (diagonal down arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is low (lighter yellow) and stable (side to side arrow). Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    June 9, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, June 9

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for June 2, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "low" (represented with a light yellow color) and significantly decreasing (represented with a directly down arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and stable (represented with a side to side arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is low (lighter yellow) and stable. Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    June 2, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, June 2

  • Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for May 26, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "low" (represented with a light yellow color) and stable (represented with a side to side arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "very low*" (lighter yellow) and stable; and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is low (lighter yellow) and stable. Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."
    May 26, 2026

    National COVID-19 trends, May 26

  • A view of purple cells under a microscope
    May 26, 2026

    Research updates, May 26

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Health

  • Tennis player Emma Raducanu is pictured in a purple and black tennis dress at a tennis tournament in Cluj, Romania. She prepares to hit a tennis ball while standing near the net.
    April 28, 2026

    Emma Raducanu has post-viral syndrome. And commentators are giving her terrible advice.

  • Protestors stand outside a brick building during a DoNoHarm BC action. They all wear high quality masks and hold bright signs demanding hospitals prevent airborne of pathogens with masking and other clean air interventions. One reads, "Hospitals should be safe"
    April 24, 2026

    We need masks in healthcare. Now.

  • A dark purple textured background. On the left, a black generic transauricular vagus nerve stimulation device. It's oblong-shaped with a digital display and two headphone-like cords plugged into the top. On the right, the profile of a woman's face zoomed in on her ear. There are green dotted lines connecting the device to the ear.
    April 21, 2026

    A “muddy intervention”: The complex reality of taVNS therapy for Long COVID

  • A collage graphic shows an image of a Black woman wearing a KN95 mask and headscarf, against a background with images of the coronavirus and the ocean.
    April 14, 2026

    Long COVID is significantly underreported across the globe

  • A photo taken through the window of a laboratory shows a scientist in PPE working to sequence measles virus samples. A sign on the window shows this is a BL2 (biosafety level 2) lab.
    April 3, 2026

    U.S. scientists sequence 1,000 genomes from measles, a disease long eliminated with vaccines

  • David Putrino speaks on stage behind a lectern while giving a keynote speech on Long COVID and IACCs. He is a white man with a shaved head and wears a white button up shirt and a black respirator. On screen beside him is a slide from his presentation that reads, "What are infection associated chronic conditions and illnesses and how should they be diagnosed?"
    March 30, 2026

    California clinicians gather for Long COVID forum. Recent guides offer direction.

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Commentary

  • 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 10, 2025

    Vyvgart brought us back to life, but the Long COVID trial was canceled. We are calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug.

  • October 3, 2025

    Long COVID inspired me to start an IACC case competition at my business school. Here’s how you can get involved.

  • September 30, 2025

    Patricia Lockwood explores the depths of Long COVID in the new novel “Will There Ever Be Another You”

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