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Don’t just breathe clean air, breathe it well
It was my dentist who recommended that I read Breath, a nonfiction book that chronicles Nestor’s scientific and personal journey into the research and impacts of breath on the human body, the benefits of certain breathing techniques, and the detriments of others. He probably meant to publish it with the 50th anniversary of the Clean…
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My partner and I both have Long Covid. We tread the underworld together.
There’s a story in Greek mythology where Orpheus, a gifted poet and musician, travels to the underworld to rescue his newly wedded wife, Eurydice, who died after being bitten by a snake. They are both allowed to leave Hades under one condition: Eurydice must walk behind Orpheus, and he must not turn and look back…
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I developed Long Covid while I was pregnant. It took 15 months to get diagnosed.
Pregnancy is a time marked by a whirlwind of emotions — anticipation, hope, and excitement often accompanied by anxiety and silent prayers for a smooth journey. A decade into my marriage, I had finally conceived. My family welcomed the news with immense joy and great anticipation. However, the excitement came with a hue of caution…
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Learning how to live and die with Long Covid
by Miles W. Griffis, High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News. The heady scent of wet creosote hung in the air the morning we skirted impossible alluvial fans on our way to the lowest point in North America. Since the Pleistocene, Badwater Basin, 236 feet below sea level, has primarily…
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How to make spaces more accessible during the continuing pandemic
The relentlessness of the pandemic, now in its fifth year, is drawn out by the persistence of its denial. The federal emergency ended, Covid-19 precautions have been lifted for years, and though many people are “back to normal,” over 20,000 people in the United States died of Covid-19 since the beginning of 2024. Millions who…
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Ten new books about Long Covid, chronic illness, and disability
2022 brought us some of the first books on Long Covid, including The Long Covid Survival Guide, The Long Haul, and The Long Covid Handbook. Now, as we forge into the fifth year of the Covid-19 pandemic, more books and anthologies are emerging authored by people with Long Covid and related conditions, as well as…
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“Unspooling”, an excerpt from Alice Wong’s Disability Intimacy
Disabled love is a different kind of love. It’s neither born from blood ties nor proximity. It doesn’t hold to the same rules as romantic, platonic, or familial love. It comes from a shared desire for a better world. It sustains us in moments when we don’t love ourselves, and it offers a tether to…
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Long Covid isolation won’t break my marriage — in fact, it’s made it stronger
The other night, after tucking in our child, my partner and I stretched out on our bed – where I spend the vast majority of my time – talking about how we’ve been forced to live since 2020. H yawned, his curly black hair spread out over his pillow. We were both already exhausted, me…
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Covid-19 reinfections are further disabling people with Long Covid
Attempting to recover or improve your quality of life with Long Covid or other IACCs today is a Sisyphean effort. Our governments, public health organizations, and leaders have condemned us to an underworld (a wayside?) where we push the boulder of our recovery up a mountain, only to be reinfected and watch it tumble back…
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Covid-19 in the hierarchy of the Gaza health crises
Gaza faces severe healthcare collapse after more than 20,000 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces since October 7, 70% of them women and children. As the Covid-19 pandemic still surges around the world, it is almost impossible to track in Gaza due to a lack of testing resources, attacks on healthcare facilities, and hundreds…
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