New data from the Household Pulse Survey suggests that almost 20% of Americans who got COVID-19 are currently experiencing Long COVID symptoms. The Household Pulse Survey is a long-running Census project that provides data on how the pandemic has impacted Americans.
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Will we ever get control of this pandemic? We can, but better data will go a long way in helping us get there. Here are nine areas where I’d like to see improvement.
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Sources and updates for the week of June 19 include data on testing trends, vaccines for kids, and Long COVID risk.
Read MoreSources and updates for the week of June 12 include Long COVID deaths, ventilation in schools, Moderna’s latest vaccine, and more.
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It’s been a somewhat slower week for COVID-19 news, so here’s something a little different: a reflection on a very old episode of Star Trek, in the context of post-viral illness.
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Two new studies on Long COVID, published this week, provide an important reminder of the continued dangers this condition poses to people infected with the coronavirus—even after vaccination. Neither study provides wholly new information, but both are more comprehensive than many other U.S. papers on this condition as they’re based on large databases of electronic health records.
Read MoreSources and updates for the week of May 22 include Paxlovid data, local actions responding to COVID-19, new Long COVID studies, and more.
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Sharing a research funding opportunity from Solve M.E., an advocacy and research initiative focused on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), Long COVID, and other related post-viral illnesses.
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Over a year after the NIH received $1 billion to study Long COVID, the agency’s flagship study is floundering and frustrating patient advocates. Here are five reasons why Long COVID research is tough in the U.S., taken from my reporting for a recent Grid story.
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Unlike the U.S., the U.K. has taken steps to estimate how many people in the country are living with Long COVID.
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