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Six years in, mental health care providers are still uninformed on Long COVID. And it’s making the crisis worse.
Six years into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many people living with Long COVID still aren’t getting the mental health support they need.
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New AI tools are helping some people manage Long COVID
RTHM and TurnTo recently debuted Long COVID intelligence platforms. Some have found them helpful, but others are concerned about AI.
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Long COVID advocacy is more than lobbying Congress: Here are some ways to get involved
People with infection associated chronic conditions (IACCs) use a broad range of strategies to fight for awareness and better care.
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Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used?
Recent studies add evidence to a prior phase 3 clinical trial, suggesting that taking the diabetes drug during acute COVID-19 reduces the risk of long-term symptoms.
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Getting diagnosed with hypermobility can help some people with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier.
Current diagnostic criteria for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), a common comorbidity of Long COVID, are restrictive. The Ehlers-Danlos Society is developing new hEDS criteria that will be released in 2026.
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Experts call new Canadian Long COVID guidelines “contradictory” and “deeply concerning”
Guidelines recommend exercise and therapy as treatments, following attempted influence from Paul Garner.
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Emergency departments aren’t trained for Long COVID — and patients are paying the price
What do you call a system that doesn’t believe you’re sick until you’re dying? While emergency clinicians are trained to handle acute medical situations, many lack even a basic understanding of Long COVID and related diseases, such as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
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Research updates, May 13
The Bateman Horne Center and Open Medicine Foundation recently released a highly anticipated ME and Long COVID clinical care guide. The 96-page guide has been praised by many in the community as a useful tool for clinicians, patients, and their families.
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Letter to the editors: The University of Washington’s Long COVID clinic
In February, The Sick Times published a story highlighting how educating primary care doctors about Long COVID could help address some of the challenges people face in finding healthcare for the disease. The story focused on the University of Washington (UW)’s Long COVID clinic as an example of a center working to train doctors, and…
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A lack of provider literacy is straining people with Long COVID. Training programs for doctors could help.
Across the board nationally, primary care providers are largely uneducated on Long COVID, and typically don’t have the time or expertise to appropriately treat it. But some medical institutions are trying to address this knowledge gap through new training programs and resources to get clinicians up to speed.
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