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Home Test to Treat is a fully HIPAA compliant (national) free public health pilot program providing free Covid and flu tests, telehealth, and treatment via test2treat.org. Those who enroll can receive free services including: COVID-19/Flu tests (if eligible), telehealth visits, and treatment (if prescribed). If you are currently positive for COVID-19 or Flu, you can enroll to receive telehealth services and treatment (if prescribed), all at no cost to you.
Read MoreThe U.S. Senate HELP Committee held a hearing on Long COVID yesterday to discuss advancing research and improving patient care, and former Body Politic president Angela Meriquez Vázquez, M.S.W. was one of three patients testifying.
Read MoreBody Politic fought hard for people with Long COVID for three years, particularly those from marginalized communities, fueled by small grassroots donations and largely volunteer labor. We have tremendous gratitude and alignment with the ME community who also fought so hard for those with Long COVID at the beginning of 2020, educating and informing patients about pacing, post-exertion symptom exacerbation, associated comorbidities, and so much more.
Read MoreAs you may have heard, our COVID-19 Slack support group officially shut down on May 29, 2023. It is a devastating loss for the thousands of people across the globe who found emotional support, connection, information, advocacy and research opportunities, and so much more in our Slack space over the past three years.
Read MoreTo our beloved community,
We are writing to give an update about our current situation and what we’re asking from community members. To be blunt, our financial situation is dire. We estimate Body Politic (Slack included) will cease to exist by early 2023 without funding (GOAL: $500k).
Body Politic is struggling to maintain what we’ve built and continue forward. We do not have capacity to responsibly maintain this 13,000+ (and rapidly growing) patient group. To better serve this community, we are shifting from a scrappy emergency response in the pandemic’s first wave to a professional operation with adequate operational and legal infrastructure.
An Open Letter to NIH, NHLBI, NYU and all RECOVER Initiative stakeholders, including people with Long COVID.
Read MorePatients respond to a recent feature on Long COVID
Read MoreA response to the Biden Administration’s recent announcement.
Read MoreA reference tool for journalists and advocates shaping news coverage of long-term symptoms of Covid-19.
Read MoreI am so grateful to be fully vaccinated. However, I wish it was that simple.
Read MoreBody Type contributor Delia Rogers interviews graduate student Erin Lopez about contracting COVID in February of 2020 while teaching in Japan.
Read MoreApplying for short term or long term disability benefits can seem overwhelming at first. Here are some tips from a disability insurance litigator who focuses on ME/CFS and other difficult to prove claims.
Read MoreWe are urging the NIH to prioritize funding projects that build on prior ME/CFS and related chronic illness research in their investigation of Long COVID.
Read MoreDispatches from our COVID-19 Support Group…
Read MoreBody Politic’s COVID-19 Support Group celebrates its one year anniversary!
Read MoreContent warning: suicide
Read MoreBody Type contributor Delia Rogers interviews college student Jaime Hattori on her experience with COVID-19.
Read MoreDispatches from our COVID-19 Support Group…
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