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Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking

Health, Policy & Advocacy

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Nadi Zimmerman

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October 14, 2025

While some anti-mask policies have failed — a win for workers — there is a larger effort to ban masks in the U.S. on state and local levels. And more businesses may attempt to ban masks in the workplace even though these policies may violate laws that protect masks as accessibility devices. The Sick Times…
Violet Affleck advocates for children with Long COVID, masks, and clean indoor air at United Nations event

COVID-19, Health, Policy & Advocacy

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Miles W. Griffis

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September 23, 2025

During today’s United Nations (UN) event “Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action,” advocate Violet Affleck spoke about how clean air and masking are vital tools to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
How do you get people to care about COVID-19? Here’s what I’ve learned as an organizer.

Commentary, Policy & Advocacy

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Zaina Fairey

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September 2, 2025

As someone with Long COVID, it’s demoralizing to see people in my circles party and engage in COVID-risky behaviors while I sit at home. It would be easy to turn my back on those people and give up on community organizations that minimize COVID-19. But that’s not me, and that’s not what being in community…
Left without care: Many Long COVID clinics are closing down in the U.K.

Health, International, Policy & Advocacy

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Hannah Buttle

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July 15, 2025

Fewer than half of U.K. Long COVID clinics will stay open this year, according to research from the charity Long COVID Support. At their peak, there were 120 clinics across the U.K., but only 46 have confirmed they will remain open.
Minnesota’s unique Long COVID program retains funding following advocacy

Policy & Advocacy

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Betsy Ladyzhets

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June 11, 2025

Advocates pushed back against threatened funding cuts and won continued support for Long COVID work in the Minnesota legislature’s final 2026–27 budget.
Los Angeles’ $13M COVID-19 relief funds could go to building upgrades, not Long COVID care

COVID-19, Health, Policy & Advocacy

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Larry Buhl

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June 2, 2025

Los Angeles advocates worry that millions in unspent federal pandemic assistance will fund infrastructure projects instead of supporting residents with Long COVID or preventing new infections.
Illinois could become the first state in the country to ban mask bans. Here’s how we created the bill to do it.

Commentary, Policy & Advocacy

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Megan E. Doherty

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May 27, 2025

Anti-mask laws are discriminatory and dangerous, and so I and other disability advocates across the country are stepping up to counter criminalizing with codifying: our bills would enshrine the right to mask in public spaces in state law.
“Millions Missing” protest at the Capitol demands myalgic encephalomyelitis funding, social support

Policy & Advocacy

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Miles W. Griffis

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May 12, 2025

Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), Long COVID, and other chronic disease advocates demonstrated outside the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., this afternoon. Organized by the advocacy group #MEAction, demonstrators demanded that the federal government fund ME research and preserve vital social support systems like Medicaid and telemedicine.
Minnesota House budget proposes eliminating state Long COVID program

Policy & Advocacy

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Betsy Ladyzhets

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May 7, 2025

Cuts could end Long COVID research, communications, and grants in Minnesota, which has been a leader in state-level public health responses to the crisis.
“Long COVID Mode”: Seeing the crisis through games

Arts & Culture, Policy & Advocacy

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Kate Fishman

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May 6, 2025

Games uniquely incorporate emotional and social factors that influence how we take in information — making them surprisingly useful communication tools in a world in denial about the ongoing threats of COVID-19 and Long COVID. Whether through the cathartic storytelling in indie designers’ interactive theater projects or learning opportunities woven into popular video games, playing…