Stories of Long COVID Advocacy in the United States (webinar)
Global Feminisms Project | 2/10/23
JD Davids, LCJ co-founder, was a panelist at this webinar which featured a first-of-its-kind collection of recorded interviews with US-based Long COVID advocates.
As Queer Spaces Return to “Normal,” Disabled LGBTQ+ People Are Being Left Behind
them | 2/17/23
At this year’s Creating Change conference for LGBTQ+ activism, advocates say lack of mandatory COVID precautions is leaving out disabled attendees. Featuring JD Davids, Long COVID Justice co-founder.
Long COVID Community Urges White House COVID Response Coordinator to Tell the Truth about Long COVID
Long COVID Justice | 3/7/23
Long COVID Justice’s petition responding to recent White House statements.
Twelve Folks Living With HIV Share Their 2023 Resolutions (or at Least Their Intentions!)
The Body | 1/18/23
Long COVID Justice co-founders Gabriel San Emeterio and JD Davids share resolutions for the coming year.
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People with Long COVID Urge NIH: Fund Vital, Comprehensive Long COVID Treatment Research, Not Debunked, Dangerous Approaches
Long COVID Justice | 1/26/23
Press release on Long COVID Justice’s recent NIH petition.
What life can be like for people with long-term symptoms of COVID
Caribbean Life | 1/31/23
New York Public Library hosted a virtual webinar with a few authors of the book The Long COVID Survival Guide, including Long COVID Justice co-founder JD Davids.
Get Help for Long COVID in NYC
TheCity.nyc / January 10, 2023
Long COVID Justice contributed to this resource, which includes info on LC care clinics, local support groups, financial help, disability benefits, and ideas from those living with this illness.
Addressing the needs of people living with HIV and Long COVID
POZ/ Jan 9, 2023
In this interview, JD Davids, co-founder of Long COVID Justice, discusses the urgency of this work and the intersections with HIV organizing, funding, and care.
Long COVID Americans struggle with disability benefits
CGTN / December 9, 2022
Featuring JD Davids of Long COVID Justice on the challenges many Americans face in accessing disability benefits and other supports.
Why Some Experts Suggest Getting a PCR Test, Even if You Already Know You Have Covid-19
TIME / July 28, 2022
Featuring Hannah Davis of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative and Rachel Robles of Body Politic.
How disabled advocates are working toward justice during Disability Pride Month
Prism/ July 28, 2022
An excellent article on why Disability Pride is not just one month–it’s about commitment to disability justice, featuring Body Politic.
Long COVID is More Common in Bisexual and Trans People. The Reasons Why Are Complicated
Them / July 27, 2022
JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact discusses healthcare disparities in queer and trans communities.
Your Long COVID Questions, Answered
KQED / July 27, 2022
Angela Vázquez of Body Politic joins Eric Topol to discuss a recent Nature study on Long COVID.
Fears of more long COVID, a ‘mass disabling event‘ as variants rip through California
LA Times / July 26, 2022
Featuring Hannah Davis of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative.
How to Dismantle Systemic Ableism, According to Disabled People
DAME / July 25, 2022
Angela Vázquez of Body Politic shares thoughts on how policy change, financial investments, and allyship can help long-haulers in need.
Advocates for long Covid patients express latest frustration with federal response
NBC News / July 20, 2022
Featuring Kristin Urquiza of Marked by COVID on reactions to a recent White House briefing.
Assessing the HIV Community’s Needs and Concerns About Long COVID
Poz / June 30, 2022
A summary of our work resourcing the HIV community for the current pandemic.
America Is Sliding Into the Long Pandemic Defeat
The Atlantic / June 28, 2022
Ed Yong’s latest on the people fighting against government inaction, featuring Kristin Urquiza of Marked by COVID, Lisa McCorkell of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, and other orgs from our Strategy Circle.
Thousands of Students Will Face Long COVID. Schools Need to Plan Now
EducationWeek / June 20, 2022
An excellent piece on the challenges facing students with Long COVID and the need to prepare, featuring JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact.
Queer and Disabled People Desire Connection, Intimacy, and Sex in the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
The Body / May 20, 2022
Featuring JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact on the importance of sex and intimacy for chronically ill and disabled people.
‘This isn’t just gonna go away’: Long COVID is crashing the retirement hopes of many Americans
Market Watch / May 19, 2022
Featuring JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact on financial issues facing Covid-19 long-haulers.
How to get insurance coverage for long COVID as federal benefits get ready to expire
Gothamist / May 15, 2022
Karyn Bishof of the Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project shares her story, and tips for navigating insurance coverage and federal benefits.
Could Paxlovid Treat Long COVID?
The Atlantic / May 10, 2022
Featuring Angela Vázquez of Body Politic and JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact on whether Paxlovid can provide relief for long-term symptoms.
Queer, trans and sick with Long COVID
Brown’s School of Public Health / May 9, 2022
Featuring Gabriel San Emeterio on why LGBTQ+ long-haulers face medical bias, financial hardship, and a lack of resources.
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The U.S. has had the most covid cases in the world. Why isn’t it doing more to study long covid?
Grid News / May 9, 2022
An excellent story on problems with current Long COVID research, featuring Netia McCray and Karyn Bishof of the Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project, JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact, and Lisa McCorkell of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative.
The Final Pandemic Betrayal
The Atlantic / April 13, 2022
An important article on the long-term impacts of the pandemic, lives lost, and grief, featuring Kristin Urquiza of Marked by COVID.
Biden administration ramps up long Covid research efforts following criticism
Stat News / April 6, 2022
Featuring JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact on the Biden administration’s promise to ramp up research into Long Covid, following scathing criticism from patients and experts.
‘A slow-moving glacier’: NIH’s sluggish and often opaque efforts to study long Covid draw patient, expert ire
Stat News / March 29, 2022
An investigation into NIH research, featuring JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact.
Long covid could change the way researchers study chronic illness
The Washington Post / March 16, 2022
An important article on Long COVID research and the opportunity to address other complex chronic illnesses, featuring Alison Sbrana of Body Politic, Karyn Bishof of the Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project, JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact, and the Patient-Led Research Collaborative.
Two years of covid lockdown; ICE detention visitation; and a focus on SFPD
KPFA / March 16, 2022
A conversation with JD Davids of Strategies for High Impact and Dr Rupa Marya, Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition.