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Research updates, March 5
Research updates for the week of March 5 include cognitive impairments from Covid-19, iron dysregulation, and differences between males and females with Long Covid.
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Q&A: Dr. Ian Simon on his plans for the HHS Office of Long Covid Research and Practice
Last month, Dr. Ian Simon became the inaugural director of the U.S. Office of Long Covid Research and Practice, an office under the Department of Health and Human Services that aims to coordinate Long Covid efforts across the federal government. Betsy Ladyzhets spoke to Dr. Simon about his prior experience, his work at the Long…
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Research updates, February 27
Research updates for the week of February 27 include a major study about ME, persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections, and the blood brain barrier’s connection to brain fog.
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PolyBio announces $15 million in Long Covid research funding, new projects studying viral persistence
PolyBio Research Foundation, a leading organization in supporting research for Long Covid and related chronic diseases, announced a new round of funding focused on identifying potential Long Covid treatments on Thursday. The research projects, which received a total of $15 million in funding, plan to study the potential biological underpinnings of Long Covid and begin…
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Long Covid surveys from a FDA/NIH initiative ask which drugs help alleviate symptoms
Last month, a U.S. government initiative launched a pair of surveys to collect information about how people with Long Covid are managing their symptoms. Data from these surveys, one for people with Long Covid and one for their doctors, will inform priorities for clinical trials.
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Research updates, February 20
Research updates for the week of February 20 include new funding for the NIH RECOVER initiative, research about hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and brain damage from Covid-19.
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Covid-19 reinfections are further disabling people with Long Covid
Attempting to recover or improve your quality of life with Long Covid or other IACCs today is a Sisyphean effort. Our governments, public health organizations, and leaders have condemned us to an underworld (a wayside?) where we push the boulder of our recovery up a mountain, only to be reinfected and watch it tumble back…
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Q&A: Melissa Stockwell on Long Covid in children, how RECOVER aims to answer questions
Last week, researchers from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER consortium had a major review paper about Long Covid in children published in the journal Pediatrics. The paper explores what researchers have learned about how this disease can impact children, including estimates of how many children may be impacted — up to 5.8 million in…
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Research updates, February 13
Research updates for the week of February 13 include mitochondrial dysfunction in people with Long Covid, risk of Long Covid among pregnant people, and the U.S.’s failure to protect frontline workers.
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Research updates, February 6
New studies published in the last week include “zombie fragments” from SARS-CoV-2, the burden of Covid-19 for BIPOC individuals, and a ME drug with promise for Long Covid.
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