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Millions of American adults are impacted by long Covid. They have a vision for what our society owe to chronically ill and disabled people.
The Nation
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Why moving away from the old model of health care will make it better
Harvard Public Health
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As high-risk individuals are marginalized from a society eager to ignore pandemic harms, tech companies must do more to expand accessible virtual spaces.
WIRED
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Cal Dobbs became the first transgender person to run across America in 2023. Here's the gear the athlete and activist brought along to host the first Trans Pride 5K in Los Angeles this summer.
REI
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Here's how people are navigating it around the world
The Sick Times
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Living with new chronic health issues taught me to respect easy-effort running.
REI
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Recent analyses estimate that long Covid could be driving up to one-third of the US labor shortage
The Guardian
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In Miss America’s 100th Year, Queer and Trans Beauty Queens Want the Crown
Teen Vogue
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How relationships are tested and strengthened over the course of the pandemic
Elemental
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Lingering symptoms from the coronavirus may turn out to be one of the largest mass disabling events in modern history.
The New York Times
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The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to provide accommodations, but despite these legal protections, employees can still face challenges.
Business Insider
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The CDC returns HICPAC’s draft recommendations on infection control
The Sick Times
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Breakthrough infections are uncommon — which makes them all the more confusing for people who experience them.
Vox
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Columbia Journalism Review
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They’re a lot more complicated than most people realize.
The New York Times
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Jenneh Rishe was a nurse for a private practice, but the pandemic posed risks associated with her chronic illnesses
Business Insider
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“When am I going to be free from this?”: The mystery of coronavirus relapse.
Vox
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Covering the pandemic
Columbia Journalism Review
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An ICU nurse in New Mexico spent the past two years of the pandemic travel nursing, but wants to quit due to burnout.
Business Insider
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lessons from the field
USC’s Center for Health Journalism
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Columbia Journalism Review
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Millennials: If you can’t stay at home for others, do it for yourselves.
The New York Times
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A recent study found that 30% of Covid patients surveyed still had persistent symptoms nine months later
The Guardian
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My body needs salt, and the bloating it brings, to stay upright
Eater
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Online support groups are filling Covid-19 information gaps and helping patients arm themselves against discrimination.
Vox
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From feeling gaslit to not knowing how to connect, some COVID-19 survivors say they're losing social connections.
Teen Vogue
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The narrative is that Covid-19 patients are either hospitalized near death, or ride out a ‘mild’ Covid flu at home. The reality is more complex
The Guardian
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The swimsuit competition was a minor factor in pageant scores, but it overshadowed everything else and made the difference between winners and losers.
USA Today
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Rest and pacing, rather than graded exercise, seem the most effective treatments to prescribe widely to long Covid patients
The Guardian
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