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Research updates, April 28
The written memorials of over 500 people who had myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) were analyzed in a new study in PLoS One. Researchers found themes of clinical neglect and broad institutional failure, among others.
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A “muddy intervention”: The complex reality of taVNS therapy for Long COVID
People are experimenting with transauricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), with mixed results, ahead of medical guidelines
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Research updates, April 21
A new RECOVER study found that Long COVID significantly impacts the development of children with the disease. The study was published in Academic Pediatrics and included nearly 2,000 children.
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Research updates, April 14
A new report found that Long COVID may cost OECD international economies over $135 billion per year over the next decade. And even this number may be an undercount, the authors stated.
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Research updates, April 7
A clinical trial for non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation failed in improving fatigue in Long COVID. 45 participants used a specific transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) device, or a sham (placebo), during the four-week trial.
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U.S. scientists sequence 1,000 genomes from measles, a disease long eliminated with vaccines
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted online its first large tranche of advanced genetic data from measles viruses spreading last year. Scientists with knowledge of the operation expect the agency to post heaps more in weeks to come, revealing whether the U.S. has lost its hard-won measles elimination status.
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Research updates, March 31
The heart failure drug Ivabradine did not significantly improve symptoms for people with Long COVID and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), according to preliminary results that RECOVER researchers recently shared at a conference.
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“It felt like a life-or-death choice”: Pregnancy with Long COVID has many unknowns
Little is known so far about how people with Long COVID experience pregnancy, but some insights can be gleaned from myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) as well as several ongoing studies in this area.
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Research updates, March 24
More than 150,000 deaths from COVID-19 went uncounted in the U.S. in the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new study in Science Advances. Researchers used machine learning to evaluate death certificates from March 2020 to December 2021, and estimated that 19% more COVID-19 deaths occurred than originally reported.
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Research updates, March 17
Two recent prevalence studies showed the impact of Long COVID on Americans. The first, an electronic cohort study of over 600,000 active military personnel, found that 42% had at least one symptom more than 30 days after contracting COVID-19.
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