News & updates

Long COVID Justice is co-sponsoring a campaign organized Mask Together America, and endorsed by other leading public health groups. “March 15 is International Long COVID Awareness Day. NYC was an early pandemic epicenter, and countless New Yorkers now …

We’re glad to share that the campaign to formally recognize Long COVID Awareness Day in Los Angeles has been successful. Thanks to all who signed the petition, and to Clean Air LA for organizing this campaign – learn …

Long COVID Justice is partnering with #MEAction on a new campaign focused on U.S. budgets and priorities. Join people with chronic illness, disabled people, and families who depend on caregivers to demand that Congress stop bankrolling ICE violence while slashing our healthcare and …

Check out our Direct Action Resource List for tips on:• planning actions that are more accessible & COVID-safer• participating in actions while sick or disabled• ways to protest & collaborate from home or bed• incorporating disability justice principles …

Long COVID Justice is co-sponsoring a campaign organized by Clean Air LA and endorsed by other groups including #MEAction, Public Health Action Network, Mask Together America, and others. “The petition urges Los Angeles to officially recognize March 15 …

Long COVID Justice / S4HI director Emi Kane has endorsed a letter from World Health Network that urges the World Health Organization (WHO) to recognize respirators as the default standard of protection in healthcare settings. As World Health …

LCJ Senior Fellow Gabriel San Emeterio is the Disability, language justice, and HIV director and board member at the NYC Trans Archive. Gabriel will be speaking about their work with the archive, with a focus on HIV and …

It has been a year of difficult moments –  from pandemic denialism to cutting essential programs – and we know many of our community members are struggling. Long COVID Justice will never stop fighting for our community. When …

Join us for a conversation that spans generations and settings, both urban and rural, about living with HIV and dealing with complex chronic conditions, which often share symptoms like chronic fatigue, pain, cognitive dysfunction, brain fog, and memory …

Third Wave Fund features Long COVID Justice for Disability Pride Month as a grantee partner of the Disability Frontlines Fund. Third Wave Fund writes: Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, we continue to look towards organizations like …

Tell your Reps: Vote against the Big Deadly Bill! The Senate passed the budget bill & sent it back to the House. Calls needed ASAP, especially if you have Republican reps! You don’t have to be an expert …

We’re pleased to announce that the recordings and resources from our Breathing for Justice webinar are now available. This event explored how the intersections of Long COVID and disability justice affect individuals and communities, with a focus on …

Long COVID Justice is lifting up a campaign organized by the People’s CDC to protect our access to vaccines. “Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by …

“Long COVID Dreams,” our community memorial, is now installed at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, along with memorials from 40+ other community groups, as part of the annual Naming the Lost project. “Long COVID Dreams” was created by community …

We’re co-sponsoring Mask Together America’s campaign to write to U.S. officials to ask them to prohibit mask banning and provide mitigation tools instead. “Mask bans are disability injustice, discrimination, and violation of human rights. They are an ADA …

Tell CDC: we need Novavax! TODAY is the public comment deadline. The U.S. CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets next week, where they are likely to decide if the 2025 Novavax vaccine is approved. Many people, …

Medical masks and other forms of protective medical equipment are effective tools to prevent the spread of diseases and illnesses. But some lawmakers acrossthe country—including in Chicago—are infringing on the rights of citizens by trying to ban or criminalize …

Today the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Jews for Mask Rights, and New York Doctors Coalition sent letters to Governor Hochul, President Pro Tempore Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Heastie calling on them to ensure no legislation banning masks …

Leaders of Pan End It!, MaskTogetherAmerica, and Long COVID Justice met recently with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials to discuss urgent recommendations on COVID-19 isolation and prevention guidelines. Seeking policies to protect the health of …

We’re co-sponsoring Fight for the Future’s campaign to tell lawmakers:no mask bans, no exceptions. With facial recognition technology on the rise and COVID and Long COVID still running rampant in our communities, banning masks would put us all …

Home #Test2Treat program for COVlD and flu saves lives. Let’s fight for it! Long COVID Justice is co-sponsoring Mask Together America’s campaign to save the Test2Treat program. #Test2Treat was designed to reduce disparities for the most at-risk populations, by offering FREE …

What could adequate care and precision treatment for Long COVID look like? Join us for a conversation with a panel of patient advocates & researchers, who will discuss the importance of patient-led research efforts and how that has …

It is with crushing sorrow that we share the news of the death of our Long COVID Justice advisory team member and beloved comrade Cecilia Gentili. As a LGBTQ community leader calling for more attention to the impact …

Last month,  Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Don Bayer, and Lisa Blunt Rochester re-introduced the TREAT Long COVID Act, which would offer support to those with Long COVID in the form of increased access to medical care and treatment. You can …