
Freelance reporter and Long COVID patient advocate Sam Rhodehamel discusses the COVID-19 mutual aid groups helping protect L.A.-area residents during wildfires. Also, an update on NIH RECOVER-TLC and the latest COVID-19 numbers.


Investigative journalist and author Violet Blue discusses the COVID Safety Handbook. Also, the latest COVID-19 numbers, and looking at longer Paxlovid courses.

*Editor’s note: Julia Moore Vogel, an author of Paxlovid study, is on The Sick Times’ advisory board. Other authors are also affiliated with the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, which shares a funding source (the Balvi and Kanro funds) with The Sick Times. One author (JD Davids) is affiliated with Long COVID Justice, with which we collaborated…

In the last episode of 2024, recapping freelancer Hannah Buttle’s reporting on how the treatment landscape for Long COVID has pushed some to look to online drug markets. Also in this episode: the latest COVID-19 numbers, and more research funding, plus some podcast stats.

This week, playwright and rock musician Dan Fishback talks about his new production about living with ME/CFS in a pandemic. Also in this episode: the latest COVID-19 numbers, a randomized, controlled clinical trial looking at the monoclonal antibody Evusheld 2.0, and Mt. Sinai’s Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Illness (CoRE) looks for new…

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced further funding for its flagship Long COVID research program, called RECOVER, as well as new details about the program’s budget through 2029. RECOVER will receive an additional $147 million, building on $515 million allocated earlier this year and the original $1.15 billion funded by Congress in…

With no approved treatments, lack of support, and stigma against the disease, many people with Long COVID are using overseas pharmacies to source medications. Some of these treatments are widely used for other conditions, such as HIV and hepatitis C, but are not approved for use in Long COVID.


This week, co-host Betsy Ladyzhets talks with producer James Salanga about what the potential Long COVID research landscape could look like under Trump.
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