OpinionNovember 10, 2023
What Tony Fauci Says about Long COVID and Other Postviral Illnesses
Too many people are suffering from long COVID and other postviral syndromes. Anthony Fauci says we need to step up funding and research now
Stories by Emily Mendenhall
Emily Mendenhall is a medical anthropologist and professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Anthropology and Cultural Studies for her work on COVID.
OpinionMay 12, 2023
The ‘Brain Fog’ of Long COVID Is a Serious Medical Issue That Needs More Attention
Brain fog is such a nebulous term in long COVID that it delegitimizes efforts to get disability accommodations and medical leave
OpinionNovember 24, 2021
We Need School-Age Vaccine Mandates to End the COVID Pandemic
Vaccine refusal by parents is not about a lack of education, but amassing social status
OpinionAugust 26, 2021
How COVID, Inequality and Politics Make a Vicious Syndemic
Overlapping diseases and social conditions in the U.S. continue to dictate who is hurt most badly by the novel coronavirus