
One NIH study will test low-dose naltrexone, while other upcoming trials will test larozitide and taurine.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted expanded access to the stem cell infusion RegeneCyte for Long COVID.

A large prospective cohort study published in Infectious Diseases found that a majority of people with Long COVID did not recover.

The RECOVER-Treating Long COVID initiative is set to begin enrolling participants in new clinical trials this summer, which will mark nearly two years after the National of Institutes of Health (NIH) effort launched with promises to deliver greater urgency for this chronic disease impacting tens of millions of Americans.

A new study in eBioMedicine found neurological Long COVID symptoms were associated with increased pTau-181 levels, a marker of brain inflammation that has been tied to Alzheimer’s disease.

People with the most severe symptoms represent the most clinically urgent population, yet they remain absent from the evidence base that guides care. Their exclusion is not a procedural oversight but a scientific failure, and correcting it is essential for any program committed to understanding the full spectrum of the disease.

A large, electronic health records study published in JAMA Internal Medicine estimated that over 100,000 Americans died each year between 2022 and 2024 from COVID-19.

43% of Latino people reported symptoms of Long COVID in a new survey study published in Journal of General Internal Medicine. The survey included the responses of 1,500 participants in Washington state who had confirmed COVID-19 cases between 2020 and 2022.

Two recent studies state that Long COVID is an occupational disease.

One of the few Long COVID research studies in Colombia is testing cognitive rehabilitation therapy. This approach recently failed in a U.S. clinical trial.





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