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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 12h
This week at The Sick Times: @khaoticaa.bsky.social interviewed 16 transgender people with Long COVID and surveyed dozens more, finding how neglect within healthcare and the queer community both contribute to the medical and social erasure of trans people. thesicktimes.org/2026/10/13/t...
A person in a high quality mask holds a sign at a protest that reads, "Silence=Death" with a trans flag in an equilateral triangle. The person stands in the streets of Los Angeles outside of Children's Hospital Los Angeles during a 2025 protest. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Trans people with Long COVID navigate a new “dark age” in trans health. By Khalil (Kae) Dennis. Reporting.”Key points you should know:

Both Long COVID disability and anti-trans policies limit access to gender-affirming care through varying mechanisms, including increased medical stigma, upcoming Medicaid work requirements, and symptom pathologization.
 
Unreliable electronic health records, funding constraints, and cisgender-centered research all contribute to the lack of research into trans people with Long COVID.
 
Trans people with Long COVID face similar medical, financial, and social barriers as people with HIV during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, necessitating a closer look at patient-first care models.
 
Solidarity from queer community members and trans health advocates is needed to bolster documentation, and subsequent social services, for this growing, vulnerable group.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 13h
So much uninformed speculation in this article - please speak to a POTS medical expert. POTS does not have a cure and is chronic. It can affect you for life.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Please reach out at miles@thesicktimes.org or on signal at milesgriffis.31
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Journo request 🗞️: I'm looking to speak with California law experts (healthcare regulatory/admin law) about compliance on a #LongCOVID bill, AB 3119, and would be grateful to hear more expert perspectives 🙏 calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202...
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AB 3119: Physicians and surgeons, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants: continuing medical education: infection-associated chronic conditions. | Digital Democracy
Digital Democracy overview of bill AB 3119: Physicians and surgeons, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants: continuing medical education: infection-associated chronic conditions.
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Today @thesicktimes.org: Big feature by @khaoticaa.bsky.social exploring the immense challenges that trans people with Long COVID face in getting healthcare. "Neglect within healthcare and the queer community both contribute to the medical and social erasure of trans people."
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Trans people with Long COVID navigate a new “dark age” in trans health - The Sick Times
We spoke with and surveyed dozens of trans people navigating gender-affirming care and Long COVID during Trump’s second term.
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Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It's a really sad day here at STAT. www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...
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Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It’s such irresponsible headline writing. We know it’s POTS and it’s not a “mystery”!
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"It might be more accurate to view Long COVID not as a single disease episode but as a long term condition, punctuated by periods of remission and relapse." A BMJ opinion by Charlie Dennis and @nisreenalwan.bsky.social on defining Long COVID "recovery". www.bmj.com/content/393/...
A screen shot of a BMJ print article, reading, "Opinion: Charlie Dennis and NIsreen A. Alwan. 

If you have long covid, how can you tell if you have fully recovered? Six years of evidence and collective lived experience show us that this is not an easy question to answer. Yet if we do not define recovery, we cannot properly count the number of people living with long covid, and its present and future impact on the population’s wellbeing, economic productivity, and health systems.

Long covid remains a substantial global health problem. A recent report estimated that this condition will cost countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) $11bn (£8.3bn; €9.6bn) a year in healthcare costs over the next decade. The projected economic costs are $135bn a year.1

Since the start of the pandemic, clinicians, researchers, and health organisations have devoted substantial effort to defining and measuring long covid. In 2020, one of us (NAA) proposed that long covid be defined largely by what it is not: recovery from acute covid-19.2 This approach was reflected later in the World Health Organization’s definition, which describes long covid (post-covid-19 condition) as a condition following confirmed or probable SARS-CoV2 infection with symptoms that persist for at least two months, and cannot be explained by alternative diagnoses.3

Seven years into this pandemic, however, a critical question remains largely underexplored: what does it mean to be recovered from long covid?

Initially, recovery seems self-evident: a person’s eventual return to their pre-infection health status, albeit months or years later than expected. Yet the lived experiences of people with long covid challenge this assumption. Long covid is characterised by fluctuations, relapses, new symptoms developing, and periods of apparent improvement, all of which make it far harder to distinguish genuine recovery from temporary remission.456

A striking feature of the literature on lo…fails to differentiate between relatively brief symptom remittance and true long term recovery. This lack of precision matters. If we can’t separate people experiencing a temporary remission from those who’ve fully recovered, then public health estimates of disease burden will become unstable and difficult to interpret. It also obscures the lived reality of patients whose health might cycle unpredictably between improvement, the hope of recovery, and the return of symptoms.

Moreover, as we move into an age of research being done in partnership with patients rather than just on them, it is important to examine patients’ perspectives on recovery. Through this lens we can better understand the way changes in a person’s experience of symptoms can affect their sense of self. When people who consider themselves recovered from long covid were asked how long they were symptom-free before reaching that conclusion, their answers ranged from a few weeks to over six months.4 Such variation likely reflects the cumulative experience of relapse and people’s answers may be dependent on the overall duration of their illness: people who had long covid for longer may learn not to trust short periods of improvement and therefore recalibrate what “recovered” means to them.

One response might be to formalise recovery by using a standardised minimum duration of symptom absence. Yet even this approach runs into difficulty when reinfection is considered. Evidence from a patient led survey suggests that a majority of people who thought they had recovered from long covid experienced a return of symptoms after subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infections.10 In such cases, it might be more accurate to view long covid not as a single disease episode but as a long term condition, punctuated by periods of remission and relapse.

This raises important questions. Should we adopt the language of remission rather than recovery, as is common in other chronic conditions? This could improve conceptual clarity, but…
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Disability Culture Lab @disabilitylab.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Colonialism is disabling, and Indigenous people are dealing with the impacts of that oppression. Johnnie Jae, an Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw journalist, media critic, and artist, writes about Indigenous Peoples' Day for a new piece in Disability Culture Currents. Read more: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.
Text reading: “’Indigenous Peoples’ Day can be more than recognition of Native presence. It can be a chance to consider how we care for one another and what we're building for those who come next. Disabled Native people have always been part of our communities. Our knowledge, leadership, labor, relationships, and experiences belong in the future of Indigenous Nations.’ Johnnie Jae, they/them. Journalist, media critic, and multidisciplinary artist. ‘Indigenous People’s Day Calls Us to Be Better Relatives.’ Link in bio: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.”

The graphic is light green with dark teal text and a subtle lightning bolt pattern.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"I founded the Hearts and Minds Learning Community (HMLC)...It’s a safer school designed to care for each other’s health and well-being and can act as a lifeline for families navigating chronic health challenges, including Long COVID, and striving to avoid illness." thesicktimes.org/2026/10/09/h...
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How I built a COVID-safer school that’s become the heart of a more caring community - The Sick Times
As much of the country rushed to “return to normal,” our family faced a different reality. Our oldest child has a high-risk medical condition, and local schools were rapidly abandoning public health p...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"For families maneuvering the often isolating reality of living a COVID-cautious life, especially those living with a chronic illness like Long COVID, finding an educational environment that doesn’t jeopardize a child’s or family’s health can feel impossible." thesicktimes.org/2026/10/09/h...
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How I built a COVID-safer school that’s become the heart of a more caring community - The Sick Times
As much of the country rushed to “return to normal,” our family faced a different reality. Our oldest child has a high-risk medical condition, and local schools were rapidly abandoning public health p...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Need to read an essay about this 👀
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 11/10/2026
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
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Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Warrantless stops and violent roving patrols by masked federal agents across California, especially the Central Valley, have been terrorizing farm workers for the past 5 days. The chaos is escalating. full statement: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
United Farm Workers union condemns brutal
ICE surge impacting farm workers in Central Valley; highlights Rep. Valadao's comments as 'insulting' to his constituents
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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's that time of year: lots of people will be sick, and many won't know what sickness it is. It's a good idea to get tested, but even if you don't know what it is, *please* stay home as much as possible, get plenty of rest to help yourself recover, and wear masks if you have to go out while sick!
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Looking for an employment lawyer who has supported people with Long Covid for an article I'm working on who would have 15 minutes to speak Monday-Wednesday next week. Please reach out at jmetraux@motherjones.com
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 08/10/2026
This week's #LongCOVID research updates from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/10/06/r...
Helicobacter pylori infection seen medical imaging. The bacteria appears dark brown in clumps in an endoscopic gastric biopsy image. The text reads, “The Sick Times. Long COVID research updates. As many as 2.3 million new cases of cancer were triggered by infections worldwide in 2024. One in 10 adults stated that COVID-19 worsened a pre-existing health condition long term. A recent commentary argues that Long COVID is an occupational disease for teachers.”🤒 As many as 2.3 million new cases of cancer were triggered by infections worldwide in 2024, according to new research in The Lancet Oncology. French researchers analyzed a large database of cancer incidence from 2024, looking at specific diagnoses that were attributable to infections. They assessed twelve infections including HIV and found that the bacteria H. pylori, human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)  had the largest number of cases attributable to them. The researchers concluded that some of these infections, like HPV and HBV, are preventable with vaccines, and that more research for EBV vaccines is needed. EBV has also been linked to multiple sclerosis and Lupus. The study did not assess SARS-CoV-2.
🦠 One in 10 adults stated that COVID-19 worsened a pre-existing health condition long term, according to a new preprint. Researchers conducted a study between 2023 and 2025 that included 2,227 adults from four sites around the U.S. who took three surveys over the course of a year after having COVID-19. “Respondents in our study shared struggles with stress and social isolation as they live with chronic conditions and the risk of reinfection or newly worsening condition,” the authors wrote.
👩🏽‍🏫 A recent commentary in NEW SOLUTIONS argues that Long COVID is an occupational disease for teachers. The article states this profession has a high risk of Long COVID and COVID-19 and recommends policies including air cleaning and ventilation to benefit both teachers and students, as well as disability supports compliant with the American with Disabilities Act. “Making these proposed investments in future research and practice to promote teachers’ occupational health could help support and replenish the teacher workforce,” the authors concluded.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Vietnam: COVID-19 killed over 32,000 people and left 4,400 children orphaned. Children who lost their parents are rebuilding their lives at HOPE School, which provides care, education and a safe home as they cope with grief, overcome trauma and learn to move forward after loss.
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Children orphaned by Covid-19 learn to rebuild their lives at HOPE School - VnExpress International
"I wish I could sing for you, Dad, even if I'm still not good. I wish I could draw a picture for you, even if my skills are nothing special. I wish you could see just how much I've grown up."
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/10/2026
Especially in the long covid era, having all your friends slowly fade away because you are having a terrible time and not feeling your best self is systemic. It's both isolating and radicalizing, and sending solidarity to people in this position! Along with suggestions from my personal experience.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you say a nation you’ve committed war crimes against should bomb the second largest city in the US, you should be immediately impeached.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank
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Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank
Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their guns Armed Israeli settlers beat a photographer in the presence of Israeli soldiers, hospitalising him, as he covered worsening settler violence against olive farmers in the occupied West Bank. Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old veteran photographer for Agence France-Presse in Palestine, was assaulted by a group of settlers, who beat him with the butts of their guns, despite him being marked as press. He was assaulted in view of about a dozen armed Israeli soldiers. Continue reading...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“The best way to understand the biology of the disease is … to disrupt the pathways we think are at play to see what happens." @davetuller1.bsky.social reported on the recent ISLC-PAIS conference in Amsterdam, highlighting key points from the multi-day event. thesicktimes.org/2026/10/06/b...
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Biological pathways and mechanistic trials centered at new Long COVID conference in Amsterdam - The Sick Times
Researchers, clinicians, and advocates gathered for the inaugural conference of the International Society for Long COVID and Post-Acute Infection Syndromes in the Netherlands in late August. The four-...
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today @thesicktimes.org: @davetuller1.bsky.social recaps the recent ISLC-PAIS conference in Amsterdam, featuring clinical trial updates, talks on PEM, and more. thesicktimes.org/2026/10/06/b...
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Biological pathways and mechanistic trials centered at new Long COVID conference in Amsterdam - The Sick Times
Researchers, clinicians, and advocates gathered for the inaugural conference of the International Society for Long COVID and Post-Acute Infection Syndromes in the Netherlands in late August. The four-...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Her novel, CREATURES OF HABIT, comes out next March from Harper Collins/William Morrow. www.harpercollins.com/products/cre...
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Creatures of Habit
A woman learns to see her future in a new light with the help of an amphibious man who crawls through her window the day of her ex’s engagement party in thi...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📚 Author Jennifer Yeh shares her experience with Long COVID, & how having the diseases will keep her from going on a book tour when her debut novel comes out. She writes about how running & exertion worsened her condition & made her mostly homebound. jenniferyeh.substack.com/p/long-covid...
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Long Covid
Or, why I won’t be going on book tour
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“The harm you have done is incalculable. It’s not me who has been spreading great harm around the world. It’s you, mate.” George Monbiot on being accused by Prof Michael Sharpe of “spreading” #LongCovid by writing about it and why he started writing about the #MECFS scandal.
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Interesting paper on lay scientists / citizen scientists by @chloedecanson.bsky.social; 1uotes @tomkindlon.bsky.social, @chromatowski.bsky.social, @anilvanderzee.bsky.social's interviews, @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social, @mileswgriffis.bsky.social, & more. 🧪
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"One study found that 10-20% of children with a history of COVID-19 develop Long COVID. The same study estimated nearly six million children have Long COVID in the U.S. as of 2024 and that it surpassed asthma as the most common chronic health problem in children." thesicktimes.org/2026/10/05/k...
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Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book - The Sick Times
Long Covid Superheroes showcases the bravery of asking for help, resting, and being compassionate with yourself and others.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"These Long COVID Superheroes may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they’re showing us a world where listening to your body, standing up for your needs, resting, and leaning on others is true bravery" 📝: @heatherhogan.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2026/10/05/k...
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Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book - The Sick Times
Long Covid Superheroes showcases the bravery of asking for help, resting, and being compassionate with yourself and others.
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Chloé de Canson @chloedecanson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why do people with ME claim to know more about the medical aspects of their disease than their doctors? Because the mechanisms that usually ensure doctors' knowledge fail in the case of ME, and sick people have created mechanisms of knowledge production and dissemination to pick up the slack.
Screenshot of the header of a published paper: 

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

Patient's knowledge, doctor's ignorance: The production of knowledge about myalgic encephalomyelitis

Chloé de Canson

Department of of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Groningen, Oude Boteringestraat 52, Groningen, 9712 GL, the Netherlands
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october "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People w Long COVID are stigmatized & ignored throughout society. In prison, it's a situation of almost total silence. Despite very high COVID infection rates, there's no talk abt Long COVID cases. That's a result of the way prisons treat medical needs in general. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Never forget Jamal Khashoggi. Never forget Jamal Khashoggi.
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David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here's my interview with Guardian columnist @georgemonbiot.bsky.social about his recent column on the awful treatment of people with ME/CFS: virology.ws/2026/10/01/t...
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Trial By Error: Interview with George Monbiot on Recent Guardian Column | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH As I mentioned last week, George Monbiot, the British investigative journalist and longtime contributor to The Guardian, published a c ...
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have you done The Sick Times' reader survey yet? We plan to use the results to inform future stories, updates to our website, and more! www.surveymonkey.com/r/SS6ZH8S
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Absolutely stunning/horrifying to see a 5th measles death in PA. This means the outbreak is probably far higher than numbers count, seeing as roughly 1-3 people die per 1,000. Many people aren't being tested. Also: I'm going to states now for info, not the CDC* app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrI...
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 30/09/2026
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to medical care. Read more from @octoberk.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
A graphic shows two images side by side. One are mobility devices, including many walkers, outside of prison cells. Another shows a red SARS-CoV-2 virus contrasted with a black background. The text reads, “The Sick Times. I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. By October Krausch. Meanwhile, her cellmate, Wayland Scott, says he has frequently had problems breathing after COVID-19, and gets winded going up the stairs he must take to get to his cell. Even so, he has not been able to receive an inhaler, despite having one before Long COVID when he first came to prison. “There was a year that they had a big shortage of the albuterol. And when that happened, I got taken off of my inhaler and I’ve never been able to get it back,” he said.
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 29/09/2026
The current COVID-19 picture remains varied by region: as the summer wave continues into early fall, cases are trending up in the Northeast and parts of the West and down in the South. And an upcoming gap between CDC contracts will further restrict available data. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/n...
Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for September 29, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with red) and slightly decreasing (represented with a diagonal down arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "low*" (darker yellow) and stable (side to side arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and slightly decreasing. Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."

The current COVID-19 picture remains varied by region: as the summer wave continues into early fall, cases are trending up in the Northeast and parts of the West and down in the South. And an upcoming gap between CDC contracts will further restrict available data.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
congrats!
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really proud to publish this piece by @octoberk.bsky.social on Long COVID in prisons. "All those who spoke to @thesicktimes.org lacked Long COVID–informed medical care, but more than that, they lacked access to basic information about the disease." thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"In a 2024 preprint shared in medRxiv, a team of researchers estimated that 9,100 to 11,000 people in California alone developed Long COVID as a result of prison transmission, using data that went only through early 2022." thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wayland Scott, says he has frequently had problems breathing after COVID-19, and gets winded going up the stairs he must take to get to his cell. Even so, he has not been able to receive an inhaler, despite having one before Long COVID when he first came to prison. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Quite frankly the only reason I don’t say anything to medical staff here is cause I don’t trust them to do anything about it," said Qaurra Rose, who lives in an Oregon prison. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The measure of security aimed at protecting prisoners [from COVID-19] was less than none...they treated us horribly,” wrote Stanley Williams, who has been in prison for 28 years. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"John Richard Green, who is imprisoned in Texas, wrote that, w/ Long COVID, his health is “more messed up than the floor of a New York cab...Now I am bedbound, sick, and all alone." Vital feature by @octoberk.bsky.social about the disease's invisibility in prison. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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october "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this investigation on long COVID inside of prisons is out today at the Sick Times! I worked on this piece for months and am so grateful to the folks who shared their experiences with me. I'll write up a real thread a little later, but you can read it now: thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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jane c. hu @janehu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
are you an early career science writer looking to improve your craft? apply for @theopennotebook.bsky.social's early career fellowship! you spend a year developing and writing stories with a mentor. it's all remote work and you get a stipend. apply by oct 31! www.theopennotebook.com/early-career...
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Early-Career Fellowship Program - The Open Notebook
Every year, The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. This ten-month program offers fellows the opportunity to explore their career interests and passions and to sharpen their skills as part of a talented, supportive, diverse community of past and present fellows and mentors. This fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. In 2023, gay and bisexual men were 66% of new HIV diagnoses. From 2008 to 2023, diagnoses fell 34% for white, just 5% for Black, and rose 52% for Latino MSM (AIDSVu). To find HIV testing & PrEP services, visit iamhivpossible.org #IAmHIVPossible
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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It would be so cool if you would take this survey! Instagram is right on your tail with their engagement in our survey, Bluesky! Come on now, don't let META beat you!!!!
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