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News in Brief - July 2025

This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in July 2025 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news.

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Trial By Error: Updated Medical Textbook Still Promotes Biopsychosocial Ideology | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH For decades, Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine has been a standard textbook for medical education around the world. Last month, El ...

Universities get an F on Long COVID. Here’s how they can support their students and reduce COVID-19 cases. - The Sick Times

My infection months before came and went mildly, but it soon became obvious that my sluggishness and pain were not caused by caffeine, thesis stress, or hangovers. It was Long COVID.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
The COVID pandemic’s forgotten legacy: a rising tide of disability
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/07/03/covid-pandemic-disability/
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The COVID pandemic’s forgotten legacy: a rising tide of disability

While political debate intensifies over rising DWP welfare costs, a quieter crisis grows in plain sight after the COVID pandemic

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Priced out: Some Long COVID and ME specialists charge high prices for concierge care - The Sick Times

One specialist is charging up to $8,500 a month. But the providers say insurance companies are to blame. Key points you should know: Prominent specialists treating complex infection-associated chronic conditions have stopped taking insurance, raised their rates, and/or moved to a concierge model, requiring patients to purchase expensive monthly subscriptions. The highest concierge fees range

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Priced out: Some Long COVID and ME specialists charge high prices for concierge care - The Sick Times

One specialist is charging up to $8,500 a month. But the providers say insurance companies are to blame. Key points you should know: Prominent specialists treating complex infection-associated chronic conditions have stopped taking insurance, raised their rates, and/or moved to a concierge model, requiring patients to purchase expensive monthly subscriptions. The highest concierge fees range

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Priced out: Some Long COVID and ME specialists charge high prices for concierge care - The Sick Times

One specialist is charging up to $8,500 a month. But the providers say insurance companies are to blame. Key points you should know: Prominent specialists treating complex infection-associated chronic conditions have stopped taking insurance, raised their rates, and/or moved to a concierge model, requiring patients to purchase expensive monthly subscriptions. The highest concierge fees range

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Priced out: Some Long COVID and ME specialists charge high prices for concierge care - The Sick Times

One specialist is charging up to $8,500 a month. But the providers say insurance companies are to blame. Key points you should know: Prominent specialists treating complex infection-associated chronic conditions have stopped taking insurance, raised their rates, and/or moved to a concierge model, requiring patients to purchase expensive monthly subscriptions. The highest concierge fees range

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Summer fundraiser: Help keep our essential work going into 2026 - The Sick Times

The Sick Times needs our readers' help to keep our essential work going into 2026. This July, we’re aiming to raise $30,000 from our readers. We’re also aiming to have 100 readers set up new monthly donations.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
Priced out: Some Long COVID and ME specialists charge high prices for concierge care - The Sick Times

One specialist is charging up to $8,500 a month. But the providers say insurance companies are to blame. Key points you should know: Prominent specialists treating complex infection-associated chronic conditions have stopped taking insurance, raised their rates, and/or moved to a concierge model, requiring patients to purchase expensive monthly subscriptions. The highest concierge fees range

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis