Where are the Covid nasal vaccines for the US to block infections and transmission? Here's yet another with a very good profile in people for mucosal immunity and high neutralizing antibodies in all participants (from China) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"The ultimate betrayal of genocide is not only committed by those who do the killing, but by those who avert their eyes. Genocide requires not only perpetrators, but bystanders as well." johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

ICYMI: We recapped yesterday's HHS Long COVID roundtable event and related announcements. Will be adding more comments from patient advocates to the story today.

But one frustrating thing is that I've been trying to get people who actually have resources to fund progressive media and no one's writing checks. So a few of us with platforms say these things and get brigaded because there aren't enough of us and we have to absorb more threats as a result.

Fast, excellent reporting! Thanks to the folks at The Sick Times.

NEW: RFK Jr.'s HHS has committed to prioritizing Long COVID, but it's unclear if the agency will dedicate new funding to research and supports. @mileswgriffis.bsky.social and I recap what we learned at today's roundtable event for @thesicktimes.org: thesicktimes.org/2025/09/18/k...

📣: Today the government committed to prioritizing #LongCOVID, but didn't announce any new funding - a major ask of advocates and researchers. @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social & I reported on today's Long COVID roundtable for @thesicktimes.org ⬇️ thesicktimes.org/2025/09/18/k...

Getting ready to watch the livestream; it seems to be starting a few minutes late. I can't promise a full live blog but will do my best to share major updates here (while @mileswgriffis.bsky.social and I also work on our write-up).

“I’m not getting less, I’m getting more long COVID referrals,” Faux said at the time. “I’m still seeing people from other states in my rooms because they don’t have access to long COVID clinics.” #LongCOVID

Does feel like this is… well if not a conscious attempt to split off the LC community’s solidarity with the rest of public health, at least at serious risk of producing that outcome :(

Today @thesicktimes.org: In Germany, the pension insurance system pushes people to go through rehabilitation (“Reha”) clinics before they can access disability supports. Those clinics are harming people with Long COVID. By Sophie Dimitriou: thesicktimes.org/2025/09/16/g...

Just announced: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is hosting two "roundtable discussions" about Long COVID tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET. @thesicktimes.org will be covering the event and reactions from the Long COVID community. (Reach out if you'd like to send us comments during or after!)

Great @thesicktimes.org article on 3 upcoming #LongCovid trials on JAK inhibitors. PLRC did patient engagement and helped shape 1 of the 3 here, REVERSE-LC (baricitinib) led by @weselymd.bsky.social — who also used our scorecards for patient engagement! thesicktimes.org/2025/08/05/t...

Not a great time for disability justice. The CDC "has revoked permission for employees with disabilities to work from home...and paused approving reasonable accommodations for new applicants seeking to work from home." Employees "were not given detailed... 1/2 www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/c...

😷📊: The latest COVID-19 data offer conflicting information about whether or not we’ve passed the peak of this year’s summer/early fall surge. Read the full update here: tinylink.net/nGCo6

I appreciate that Gov Hochul has implemented orders to protect vaccine access, but she has supported mask bans and is not wearing a mask while getting vaccinated. “Believing in science” does not mean picking and choosing only what it is convenient for you.

Writer and comedian Ryan Ken turning looks while accepting their fourth Emmy last night 😷🧡

Tabling on behalf of @thesicktimes.org today at the NYC Anarchist Book Fair! We have free masks as well as Sick Times merch and Long COVID info. Will be here at Ave C & 9th St in the LES all day.

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”"

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ Trans people are "a vulnerable minority group that has been widely demonized. Any good journalistic practice would involve nailing down accuracy to avoid making things worse." – @lopatto.bsky.social www.theverge.com/politics/777...

Wow! A must-read article from @atranscendedman.bsky.social on the need for combination therapies (mAbs + antivirals and/or + JAK inhibitors +/ gut tx) for Long COVID. Long COVID is probably caused by multiple different mechanisms & phenotypes are complex. Viva The Long COVID cocktail! #medsky 😷🛟

💊➕: Combination therapies effectively treat a variety of disease & conditions. @atranscendedman.bsky.social writes that a cocktail of drugs is necessary for Long COVID. "Single-drug approaches feel almost quaint in the face of such biological complexity." thesicktimes.org/2025/09/12/s...

Today @thesicktimes.org, on the heels of this week's RECOVER-TLC workshop: @atranscendedman.bsky.social argues that we urgently need combination therapy trials for Long COVID. thesicktimes.org/2025/09/12/s...

I spoke with @capitalb.bsky.social about how limiting booster eligibility will worsen already existing COVID-19 inequities. “Limiting booster eligibility risks further compromising the already fragile health status of many Black Americans,” Oni Blackstock...previously told Capital B.

Many thanks to everyone who followed along on our live blog yesterday and today, and to the Sick Times team for putting it together (these articles are a huge collaborative effort)! We will continue to closely cover the RECOVER-TLC initiative -- please reach out with any tips or questions you have.

Michael Peluso slide from the RECOVER-TLC conference today. ADRD = "Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias" As someone affected, I am actually relieved to hear someone be straight about this: Long Covid "brain fog" is dementia. Enough soft-pedaling; it's a crisis.

A note on access, from @thesicktimes.org's live blog of the RECOVER-TLC meeting: Despite attendance from many Long COVID community members — and despite taking place amid a COVID-19 surge — the workshop has not prioritized acute COVID-19 precautions. thesicktimes.org/2025/09/09/l...

The two-day RECOVER-TLC workshop on new #LongCOVID clinical trials has concluded. You can read our live-blog of every session from the workshop at The Sick Times: bit.ly/4giPmAi

With $300M, RECOVER-TLC reported being unsure whether they can fund more than the 4 trials announced today after a year of planning. This is shockingly inefficient. They should be able to run a platform with at least 10 trials. Patients & taxpayers deserve more urgent & effective action.

NEW @thesicktimes.org: RECOVER-TLC announces new clinical trials, responses from the Long COVID community are mixed. "Overall if [the first] round of trials was D grade, I’d put this in B- territory," said @loscharlos.bsky.social. thesicktimes.org/2025/09/09/r...

📢 Our team at @thesicktimes.org is live blogging the NIH workshop on new Long COVID clinical trials. Follow along today and tomorrow! thesicktimes.org/2025/09/09/l...

Good morning from Bethesda, MD! I am here for the RECOVER-TLC workshop, set to announce new Long COVID clinical trials. @thesicktimes.org is live blogging the meeting, and I will have a news feature about the trials later today. thesicktimes.org/2025/09/09/l...

PSA: Please remember to wear a well-fitting mask when you’re at the pharmacy getting vaccinated (or are there for any other reason). I really appreciate anyone taking a step to protect themselves by getting vaccinated, but you put yourself at unnecessary risk if you don’t wear a mask while doing so.

Walensky is one of the reasons many people lost trust in the CDC, as she failed to follow the science on COVID, shortening quarantines at the request of corporations. And, she failed to educate the public about the risks of Long COVID. This set the stage for further corruption at the CDC.

Those of us with Long COVID have been grievously harmed by our government’s failure to implement disease control measures. That same government's denial of COVID's dangers has also created massive stigma around our illness, redoubling that harm. My latest: www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...

How do you get people to care about COVID-19? Here’s what Zaina Fairey has learned as an organizer. bit.ly/4ngZxaK

📣 Over 60 leading ME & Long COVID researchers are calling for research and drug development. "The burden of inaction will continue to bring great suffering to many people and place a heavy burden on societies, economies and healthcare systems." declaration.mecfs-research.org/en/declaration

The flurry of 70 human infections over the course of 11 months, followed by an abrupt halt, makes scientists wonder how many people may have had H5N1 since February without the public being informed. Read more from @lygianavarro.com: bit.ly/45NqwF8

What are people so upset about? So far, "an estimated 450,000 people have died because of the abrupt cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."

Today @thesicktimes.org: Community health worker Zaina Fairey shares advice on getting others to care about COVID-19. "It would be easy to turn my back on those people and give up on community organizations that minimize COVID-19. But that’s not me, and that’s not what being in community means."

COVID-19 spread remains high across the U.S. as our summer surge continues into early fall. As a new school year gets underway, young children remain vulnerable: emergency department visits for COVID-19 were higher for children under 12 than any other age group in late August. bit.ly/41y1HdG

Reminder that I'm working on a story about the upcoming RECOVER-TLC trials for @thesicktimes.org and would love to hear from more Long COVID community members about what they think of the apparent agent selections. Also interested in talking to people with experience on the working groups. (1/2)

"CDC basically imploded yesterday and now it’s truly in shambles,” said @kkjetelina.bsky.social. Also: vaccines? My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Let’s recap: ~3 weeks ago, a gunman, who believed the COVID vaccines were killing people, shot up CDC. Since then… - Kennedy criticized the agency’s COVID response. - NIH director Bhattacharya attacked mRNA platform. - FDA restricted COVID vaccine access - Top scientists are ousted at CDC

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

Robert F. Kennedy is "an existential threat to public health": www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UPDATE: With Reps. Mark Pocan and Lateefah Simon, 15 members of Congress are now calling Israel's genocide of Gaza a "genocide." A new poll shows 50% of US voters think Israel is committing genocide. 15 of 531 members of Congress agree.

LAPD choppers are a malignant nuisance. They're harbingers of surveillance, operated *continuously*—yet the city's own data show they raise stress, impair cognition and burn 100,000s of gallons of gas. The best part? there's no evidence they deter or reduce crime at all. It's time to ground them.

The AP, NYT, Reuters, WSJ, and many other mainstream press organizations are complicit in the genocide in Palestine. They don't even have the courage to condemn the assassination of their own reporters. Journalists - STOP writing for these publications. Readers - CANCEL your subscriptions.