Spotlight Community Media

Long Haul COVID in the Black Community

By ACoM
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo via Unsplash)

Latest Content

Immigration

The High Cost of a Tow After an ICE Arrest

And why this Fresno tow truck driver and his neighbors are still offering their services to local residents for free.
Read more
Events

Houston Community Media Celebrates 2026 Expo, Conference & Awards

The Oct. 8 gathering sought to break down silos while connecting media with elected officials, civic leaders and public institutions.
Read more

Author Related

00:59:17
News Briefings

Can Prop 1 Mitigate California’s Housing Crisis?

Oct 13 | California voters will weigh Proposition 1, an $11.25 billion housing bond funding affordable housing, homeownership, farmworker housing and veterans’ programs amid the state’s deep housing affordability crisis this November election.
Read more
00:58:43
News Briefings

The Native Vote in 2026: Sovereignty, Representation and Political Power

Native voters head into the 2026 midterms focused on sovereignty, representation, voting access and political power as Indigenous communities navigate distinct priorities across reservations, rural areas and cities.
Read more

Experts from the University of California Riverside’s Center for Healthy Communities held an August town hall focusing on the latest information about long haul Covid, which affects some 8,000 African Americans in Riverside County.

Long haul COVID is a condition that refers to long-term physical and mental health effects that are present four or more weeks after initial COVID-19 infection. Long haul COVID has many names including long COVID, post-COVID and post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). People who experience long COVID can exhibit many different symptoms including fatigue, brain fog and chest pain.

Research on long COVID is still ongoing, which has made diagnosing the condition difficult for providers and even more difficult for individuals to receive recognition. While it is hard to say for sure, researchers and public health officials estimate that 27 million Americans suffer from long COVID.

Read the full story at Black Voice News