Steve Steinhubl

You are invited to join a webinar: Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T): TBD. Registration is required and after registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webin... In this session, we will share updates on how the Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is progressing and discuss why continued engagement from all study participants is important for gen...

Thanks to the Long COVID community, eligibility screening for LoCITT-T is now closed, 41 days after it oopened.

We'll share more about what's ahead on 12/17 at 2:30 eastern / 11:30 pacific.
scrippsresearch.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

For those who have taken the screener but not consented yet...

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We did it, folks

Should be part of every clinical trial.

Thanks @theguardian.com for their selection of SUPER AGERS as one of the best science books of 2025
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

Informed Consent: The Opportunity for Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence This is the third of a three-part series on issues affecting informed consent for participation in clinical research.

Many others have more expertise on informed consent, but I'm convinced we can do better, so I offer my ideas for consideration.

substack.com/@robcaliff27...

Now >900 LoCITT-T participants.

We're close to a last call for participants!

Still hoping to enroll folks from ND, MS, & PR & more BIPOC participants:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...

YouTube video by The Daily Show RFK Hospital: An Original Series Inspired by the Medical Advice of RFK Jr. | The Daily Show

Enjoyed this @thedailyshow.com satire on health care under RFK Jr. Critical reasoning skills are more important than ever. With all its minor flaws, I'll take scientific evidence over hyperbole. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoMO...

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

There are LoCITT-T participants across 46 states & DC!

We currently do not have participants from:
North Dakota
South Dakota
Mississippi
Puerto Rico

Can you spread the word to anyone with LC there (or in any other, more generally underrepresented community):

longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...

Scientists launch new trial for long COVID treatment Launched by the Scripps Research Translational Institute, the trial will test a repurposed GLP-1 drug, tirzepatide, and if it can provide relief for long COVID symptoms.

KPBS: 'Scientists launch new trial for long COVID treatment'

Eric Topol: "They can't work..function..have a hard time just getting out of bed...the first of trials we hope to move forward with..there are so many other potential candidate drugs interventions to help..."

www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @mluckovichajc)

The Long COVID Treatment Trial – Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is now open for enrollment for people with Long COVID in all states but Hawaii (due to concerns about maintaining temperature control in shipping), DC, and PR:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...

Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief

Researchers at Scripps Research have launched a fully remote clinical trial enrolling 1,000 US adults with long COVID to test whether the diabetes/obesity drug tirzepatide can relieve symptoms by reducing inflammation.

www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

We need more at-home clinical trials for Long COVID. Here’s how we designed the largest one yet. - The Sick Times We are now recruiting for the Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T), which participants can complete entirely from bed.

On our #LongCovid clinical trial launched today!
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/30/w... @julialmv.bsky.social @scripps.edu

The Long COVID Treatment Trial – Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is officially open for enrollment for people with Long COVID in:
Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...

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Evidence, Opinion, and Uncertainty About COVID-19 Vaccines This issue of JAMA Internal Medicine includes a Research Letter by Du and colleagues1 reporting findings that once again demonstrate that vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine booster with an updated ...

A view on Covid vaccines--its decision time.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics.

It is the root of our dysfunction.

Debating the "mess-ter race" be like...

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

This is amazing!!

Church vs. Trump

Father David Gierlach is absolutely spot-on bull 🎯 🎯 🎯

Sara Whitmer • • • 1h • 8 I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance. 75 12 comments

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Trump is funneling $170 BILLION to DHS and ICE.

FOR THIS. 👇

Join #NoKings on Saturday: seiu.com/NoCrowns

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

64% of America think country now too polarized to solve nation’s problems. It is broken.

"Polarization" viewed as 2nd most important issue.

Exploiting social media echo chambers to spread misinformation (about immigrants, crime, economy, vaccines, etc) BIG part of this...

Robert Reich Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme

The indictment of James Comey is just the latest example of Trump weaponizing the Justice Department to go after his political enemies.

At the same time, he’s doling out favors to his supporters and allies – including white collar criminals. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Democratic candidate Kat Abughazaleh was thrown to the ground by ICE in Chicago.

Opinion | I'm a Former Surgeon General. Here's Why I'm Getting the COVID Shot This Year. Vaccines continue to prevent hospitalizations and save lives

Good, logical thinking.

www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

“We speak as former surgeons general, but we speak for the health of every American. The health of this nation is at stake, and it is time for Congress to act”

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...