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We need masks in healthcare. Now.
As a person with Long COVID, losing consciousness was a terrifying experience made worse by a potential exposure risk. I quickly put my mask back on and thankfully managed to escape unscathed. But this experience reinforced how much power healthcare providers have over those in their care.
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I developed Long COVID while practicing medicine. The system had no place for me.
I was three hours into my internal medicine ward call when the brain fog descended like a curtain dropping mid-performance.
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California clinicians gather for Long COVID forum. Recent guides offer direction.
Clinicians and people with Long COVID gathered in Santa Barbara, California, in late March for a forum on advancing clinical care in infection-associated chronic conditions.
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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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