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Research updates, December 23
Two recent studies state that Long COVID is an occupational disease.
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Research updates, December 16
A new observational study in Cureus found that veterans diagnosed with Long COVID had a 34% higher risk of visiting the emergency department (ED) six months following infection than those without Long COVID.
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Research updates, December 9
A new study in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases examines how COVID-19 impacts the immune system.
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Research updates, December 2
A large retrospective cohort study of over 18,000 live births found that infants exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy were more likely to have adverse neurodevelopmental diagnoses by the time they were three years old.
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Research updates, November 25
A new review paper summarizes the vast global costs of Long COVID. Public health researcher Amit Bansal from the University of Bergen conducted an economic literature analysis and determined that Long COVID is estimated to have an average annual burden of at least $1 trillion globally each year.
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Research updates, November 18
A new mechanistic study in Science Translational Medicine identifies Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as a potential trigger of the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Live blog: PolyBio’s Fall 2025 Symposium shares Long COVID and related disease research updates
Leading Long COVID and related disease researchers are set to present updates to their work today at the PolyBio Research Foundation’s Fall 2025 Symposium. PolyBio supports some of the most highly-anticipated research projects in infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs).
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Research updates, November 11
The RECOVER-NEURO clinical trial found that “cognitive rehabilitation” failed in treating Long COVID. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) study included 328 people who underwent interventions of either online cognitive training (computer games), a cognitive rehabilitation program, or received electric currents on their heads.
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Research updates, November 4
The German government is cutting millions of euros in Long COVID funding, according to the German business newspaper Handelsblatt.
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Research updates, October 28
A small mechanistic study in Frontiers in Immunology analyzed chronic inflammation in COVID-19. Researchers assessed over 70,000 blood cells from eight participants across different disease states.
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