Common antidepressant can treat long COVID fatigue symptoms: study

Published by: CTV News
Published on: March 30, 2026
By Daniel Otis

A common and low-cost antidepressant can successfully treat fatigue associated with long COVID, according to a new study.

Co-led by researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, the study found that the drug fluvoxamine, which is commonly sold under the name Luvox, significantly reduced fatigue symptoms in a clinical trial of 399 adults with long COVID. It is one of the first times a medication has been shown to effectively treat the condition.

“This is an important step forward for patients who have been desperate for evidence‑based options,” senior author and McMaster University professor Edward Mills said in a news release.

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Video | Many people in N.L. continue to struggle with Long Covid

Published March 18, 2026

Published by: NTV
Published on: March 18, 2026

Disinformation / misinformation

The pandemic is not over.

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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies

Ruling on a lawsuit brought by several prominent medical organizations, a district court said the federal government had not based its decisions on science in limiting Covid shots and revising the childhood immunization schedule.

Published March 16, 2026

Published by: The New York Times
Published on: March 16, 2026
By Apoorva Mandavilli

In a severe blow to the Trump administration’s health agenda, a federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the government from implementing a series of decisions on vaccines made over the last year by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The ruling also reversed, at least for the time being, all decisions made by the panelists that Mr. Kennedy appointed to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, which makes recommendations on which vaccines Americans should take. The court decision will prevent the committee from meeting later this week, as it was scheduled to do.

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Video | Doctors, patients raise awareness on Long COVID Awareness Day

Published March 15, 2026

Published by: CBC News BC
Published on: March 15, 2026

Sunday marks International Long Covid Awareness Day, held annually on March 15. Six years after a global pandemic was declared, the affliction continues to be a battle for some long after their initial COVID-19 infection. The CBC’s Baneet Braich has more on the efforts to raise awareness about the illness.

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International Long COVID Awareness Day 2026