Category: Long COVID
NIH restores some long COVID grants
Chemical & Engineering News The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) appears to be reversing course on its decision to abruptly cancel a spate of grants for long COVID research earlier this week. On Friday, the NIH Office of Extramural Research notified an office at New York University (NYU) that funding awarded through the NIH’s long […]
Apr 2, 2025
Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care
The Atlantic Access to clinics has only gotten patchier as attention to the disease has faded. My house was dark. Tinfoil covered the windows. The only light I could tolerate came from dimmable red bulbs. Ten weeks before, I had tested positive for COVID. On week three of my infection, I went to the emergency room […]
Apr 2, 2025
HHS Closing Long COVID Office
MedPageToday Closure is part of the Trump administration’s “reorganization” The Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will close as soon as this week, according to an internal HHS email obtained by Inside Medicine. The authenticity of the email was confirmed by a government employee familiar with the situation. The email states that this action is […]
Mar 25, 2025
When Long COVID Worsens Preexisting Chronic Conditions
Yale Medicine Research reports and detailed case studies from doctors and other providers can tell us a lot about Long COVID. But to understand the full scope of the disease and its impact, we must also listen to the experiences of patients who are suffering. Today’s post features a contribution from one of our readers, […]
Nov 13, 2024
AI sees a lot of long Covid
Politico The number of people with long Covid could be three times as high as previous studies have found, according to new research out of the Boston health system Mass General Brigham. The researchers estimate nearly 23 percent of people have endured long-term symptoms, lasting at least two months, from a Covid-19 infection. That compares to a […]
Nov 13, 2024
Research reveals new clues to the mysteries of long COVID
University of Alberta Three groundbreaking studies pinpoint immune cells and proteins linked with the lingering condition — and suggest a possible cause. Researchers at the University of Alberta have pinpointed two proteins that could serve as markers for identifying patients with long COVID — a discovery that may lead to treatments that will bring better […]
Oct 29, 2024
Scientists are piecing together the puzzle of long COVID. Here’s what to know
PBS News Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force. The intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked has resulted […]
Aug 6, 2024
What causes long COVID? Case builds for rogue antibodies
Nature Study finds that antibodies from people with the debilitating condition trigger similar symptoms in mice. Antibodies isolated from people with long COVID increase pain sensitivity and reduce movement in mice when transferred to the animals, research shows1. The findings suggest that antibodies might drive some symptoms of long COVID — although how that process […]
Jun 18, 2024
4 Years In, a Sobering Look at Long COVID Progress
Medscape Four years ago in the spring of 2020, physicians and patients coined the term “long COVID” to describe a form of the viral infection from which recovery seemed impossible. (And the old nickname “long-haulers” seems so quaint now.) What started as a pandemic that killed nearly 3 million people globally in 2020 alone would turn into a […]
Apr 16, 2024
Nearly 7% of Americans struggle with Long COVID as infections surge
Gavi Around 17.6 million American adults are grappling with Long COVID, according to a recent survey conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The uptick comes as the CDC eases COVID-19 isolation guidelines, a decision that has divided experts. The percentage of Americans with Long COVID now stands at 6.8% and has risen […]
Mar 19, 2024