Today, April 23, is the last day to submit comments to Senator Bernie Sanders’ office and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee about draft legislation proposing $10…
Last week, Senator Bernie Sanders proposed a “moonshot” for Long Covid, which would allocate one billion dollars a year for the next 10 years to mandatory research into the disease. The Senator and the United Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) are currently seeking email feedback on a draft of this legislation,…
On Friday, March 15, 2024 people with Long Covid and their allies gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. for the Long Covid D.C. (LCDC) march to commemorate Long Covid Awareness Day.
Today Senator Bernie Sanders and the Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project (C19LAP) announced a resolution to formally designate March 15 as Long Covid Awareness Day. “This resolution is a major step in letting the Long Covid community know that we are not being left behind, that we are seen, that Long Covid is real, and that…
People with Long Covid (pwLC), advocates, and their allies from around the world are organizing in preparation of the second annual Long Covid Awareness Day, following similar grassroots advocacy efforts in March 2023. This year’s Awareness Day, pwLC plan to highlight the urgency of the Long Covid crisis and the impacts of the ongoing Covid-19…
Last summer, the federal Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) began meeting to update their guidance on infection control in healthcare settings for the first time in sixteen years. The committee’s draft recommendations, released in November, argue that surgical masks are adequate protection against airborne viruses, and allow employers to decide whether to implement…
A blue stitch for a case. A red stitch for a death. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Boulder-based artist Heather Schulte wanted to turn the case and death tallies into something tangible. She had grown up in Nebraska and had been “embedded in textiles since birth,” she said. As the virus spread, she…
On January 18, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) convened a hearing about Long Covid, discussing research priorities and healthcare challenges for the disease. Senators heard from people with Long Covid and scientists studying it in front of a packed room full of Long Covid advocates and allies, along with thousands…
Despite what might be the second biggest surge of the entire pandemic, CDC director Mandy Cohen has been absent from her official CDC social media accounts. Similarly, the CDC has yet to issue any press releases or public service announcements specifically about the JN.1 surge, which may be infecting over one million Americans each day…
People with Long Covid in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Europe are buying billboard ads to raise awareness about the disease and promote the urgent need for clinical trials. These billboards aim to do the job of public health authorities, advocates who spoke to The Sick Times explained. However, as some billboard efforts in the…
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