11/22/24: Where are kids' Long COVID clinical trials?

In this episode: Where are the Long COVID clinical trials for kids?There are only two pediatric clinical trials testing drugs to treat Long COVID in kids — and only one of them is in the U.S. This week, reporter Simon Spichak speaks with podcast producer James Salanga about why there are so few of these pediatric clinical trials. Also in this episode: co-hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets share the latest COVID-19 numbers, disappointing results from the BC 007 clinical trial, and details about REVERSE-LC recruiting participants.The transcript for this podcast is available on The Sick Times' website. You can jump to specific sections of the podcast and transcript below. (00:00:00) Intro(00:01:41) COVID-19 trends(00:05:45) Top story — Lack of pediatric clinical trials for Long COVID(00:18:28) Research — BC 007 trial results, REVERSE-LC recruitment(00:23:18) Outro and creditsDonate to our end-of-year fundraiser⁠ and have your donation matched up to $1,000 — both one-time and monthly donations will be matched!Still Here is an abridged version of The Sick Times’ newsletter, which publishes weekly. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up here.⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also find our podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pocket Casts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeartRadio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.-This podcast contains a promo swap with the upcoming Public Health is Dead.-Mentioned in this episode (in order of appearance): The Sick Times: National COVID-19 trends, November 19 CDC wastewater dashboard Biobot wastewater risk reports WastewaterSCAN dashboard CDC: Vaccination Trends | Respiratory Illnesses U.S. free COVID tests: COVID-19 Testing    The Sick Times: Why are there almost no clinical trials for kids with Long COVID? The Daily Beast: Stanford Medicine Long COVID Study Blows Up Because of Unmasked Staff The Sick Times: Research updates, November 19 REVERSE-LC websiteAdditional audio in this episode:  Rude Mechanical Orchestra: Which Side Are You On? (orig. Florence Reece)  Pixabay: Thunder and the beginning of rainfall