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Also, what it means to be “actively lazy”— and how to avoid it. And no gym, no home exercise equipment? Workarounds you can use to work out at home.

With coronavirus closing schools and forcing so many people to stay inside or wear facemasks every time they step outdoors, COVID-19 is threatening to make everyone stir-crazy well into summer. And unfortunately, the safety of herd immunity remains a long way off. In the meantime, scientists are battling coronavirus in a number of ways, and […]

How to protect yourself according to advice from type 1 diabetes medical experts and the CDC's recommendations for those at higher risk of severe illness.

It was 2015—five years ago—that three organizations (BreakthroughT1D, the Endocrine Society and the American Diabetes Association) published a statement urging the adoption of a staging system of type 1 diabetes (T1D) that uses islet autoantibodies as biomarkers. (Biomarkers, in this sense, are indicators that a person is developing T1D but is still without symptoms.) It […]

The Breakthrough T1D-Beyond Type 1 Alliance has brought together leaders of the international diabetes community to create recommendations to curb the spread of Covid-19 and keep people with diabetes as safe as possible during the global pandemic.

What the federal economic relief package, also known as the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) means for donors to Breakthrough T1D.

We continue sharing expert responses to your top incoming questions. Note these responses are not intended to be medical advice, for that—as always—you must consult your own personal physician.

Sarah here, back again this week to share what I’ve been thinking about in the times of coronavirus as a young adult with type 1 diabetes (T1D)! As a reminder, I’m not a healthcare professional – I’m just a person with T1D who’s trying to get through this quarantine the best I can. If you […]

Three organizations—an academic institution, a non-profit and a company—are working to understand the prevalence, outcomes and risk factors for contracting COVID-19. By collecting real world data, this will inform doctors and researchers to understand the additional risks and possible treatments for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) with the coronavirus pandemic. Two of them are specifically […]

TrialNet—an international Breakthrough T1D-supported network of leading academic institutions, endocrinologists, physicians, scientists and healthcare teams dedicated to finding cures for type 1 diabetes (T1D)—has a new in-home test kit that makes screening far more easy and convenient. And FedEx will come pick it up, at no cost to you! If you have a relative with […]