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For the fourth anniversary of the pandemic, Pittsburgh City Paper highlights people still working locally to mitigate COVID and its ongoing effects.

Covid-19 stole Lisa Merlo’s lungs, limbs — and nearly her life. But it wasn’t done. The 57-year-old West Deer resident continues to cope with the disease’s latest attack on her body: long covid. Merlo said she was told she had a 20% chance of living after a covid diagnosis in

For Sean Carey, long covid proved fatal. Carey contracted an early strain of covid in July 2020 when he and his wife, Meghan, lived in Daytona Beach, Fla. “He had pain that was too inhumane to live with,” his wife said. “He had tremors that were like lightning bolts going

"Stupidest thing I've ever done": A lack of urgency surrounding virus spread and boosters may be triggering additional long COVID cases.

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For decades, scientists have been studying why some people experience prolonged illnesses in the wake of even mild infections. Now, due to the millions of people suffering from a similar phenomenon after COVID-19 infection, new funding and research efforts are beginning to unlock some of the mysteries that can help explain long flu, long cold and long COVID. According to Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, ab...

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For decades, scientists have been studying why some people experience prolonged illnesses in the wake of even mild infections. Now, due to the millions of people suffering from a similar phenomenon after COVID-19 infection, new funding and research efforts are beginning to unlock some of the mysteries that can help explain long flu, long cold and long COVID. According to Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, ab...

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For decades, scientists have been studying why some people experience prolonged illnesses in the wake of even mild infections. Now, due to the millions of people suffering from a similar phenomenon after COVID-19 infection, new funding and research efforts are beginning to unlock some of the mysteries that can help explain long flu, long cold and long COVID. According to Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, ab...

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For decades, scientists have been studying why some people experience prolonged illnesses in the wake of even mild infections. Now, due to the millions of people suffering from a similar phenomenon after COVID-19 infection, new funding and research efforts are beginning to unlock some of the mysteries that can help explain long flu, long cold and long COVID. According to Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, ab...

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For decades, scientists have been studying why some people experience prolonged illnesses in the wake of even mild infections. Now, due to the millions of people suffering from a similar phenomenon after COVID-19 infection, new funding and research efforts are beginning to unlock some of the mysteries that can help explain long flu, long cold and long COVID. According to Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, ab...

Since March 2020, more than 1 million people across the nation have died from COVID and there are still approximately 40,000 cases each day. Experts expect this won’t be the last pandemic; are we prepared for the next?