{
  "id": 282163,
  "title": "How do you spot Long COVID misinformation?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/how-do-you-spot-long-covid-misinformation",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-07T21:26:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sick Times",
    "slug": "the-sick-times",
    "url": "https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/07/how-do-you-spot-long-covid-misinformation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dr. Zeest Khan, a physician based in Northern California, specializes in adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology, focusing on patients undergoing open heart and lung surgery. She also handles trauma cases, patients in the ICU, and other complex medical situations. In 2020, Dr. Khan contracted what she initially presumed to be a sinus infection or cold, but her health rapidly declined, leading to her development of Long COVID.",
  "summary": "In this episode, Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets talk to Long COVID physician, patient and advocate Dr. Zeest Khan about her Long COVID journey, how she looks at new research and off-label treatments as a physician, and how to spot misinformation and pseudoscience online. The post How do you spot Long COVID misinformation? first appeared on The Sick Times .",
  "key_points": [
    "Dr. Zeest Khan contracted Long COVID after initial sinus infection.",
    "Long COVID symptoms persisted despite initial sinus infection diagnosis.",
    "Dr. Khan specializes in complex medical cases including trauma and ICU patients."
  ],
  "editors_take": "A physician's personal experience with Long COVID lends credibility to her perspective on the condition, allowing her to approach misinformation with a unique blend of medical expertise and personal understanding.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sick Times",
        "title": "There’s a long history of person-first language in advocacy. Here’s why we should use it for Long COVID.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/theres-a-long-history-of-person-first-language-in-advocacy-heres-why",
        "published": "2026-08-04T15:41:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "A lesser-known SARS-CoV-2 protein may offer clues to long COVID symptoms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/a-lesser-known-sars-cov-2-protein-may-offer-clues-to-long-covid",
        "published": "2026-08-05T23:40:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Futurity",
        "title": "Stress plays a role in women’s long COVID",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/stress-plays-a-role-in-womens-long-covid",
        "published": "2026-08-06T16:48:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}