Issue #4

“What you learn from a life in science is the vastness of our ignorance.”

David Eagleman
#RESEARCH

Prevalence of symptoms, comorbidities, fibrin amyloid microclots and platelet pathology in individuals with Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)Cardiovascular Diabetology

Coenzyme Q10 as Treatment of Post COVID-19 Condition (randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover design trial in 120 people did not demonstrate any benefit) – The Lancet *preprint

Long COVID and Return to Work – What Works?The Society of Occupational Medicine

Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study – The Lancet

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is common in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC): Results from a post-COVID-19 multidisciplinary clinicmedRxiv *preprint

Post–COVID-19 Symptoms and Conditions Among Children and Adolescents — United States, March 1, 2020–January 31, 2022CDC

#NEWS

Covid: ‘Concern’ over long-term effects of the disease – co-morbiditiesExpress

For Some COVID Long Haulers, an Oxygen Chamber Offers Long-term ReliefVerywell Health

Increasing Data Link ME/CFS, Long COVID, and DysautonomiaMedscape

Axcella flunks long Covid PhII primary goal — but plots a path into PhIIIEndpoints

Heart disease after COVID: what the data sayNature

The Guardian view on long Covid: an unknown enemyThe Guardian

It’s not just brain fog: Vertigo, hair loss, and lagging sex drive are also long COVID symptomsInsider

Calls to rethink ‘immoral’ removal of Covid-19 sick pay policiesNursing Times

Federal reports on long Covid fall short of offering solid plans to help patientsNBC News

Study Empowers Long COVID Patients as They Struggle to Find ReliefYale School of Medicine

Biden–Harris Administration Releases Two New Reports on Long COVID to Support Patients and Further ResearchU.S. Department of Health & Human Services

The Hugely Predictive Factor for Long COVID…is also found in ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia: the IACFS/ME Conference IIHealth Rising

Economically inactive Britons with long Covid have ‘doubled’ in a yearThe Guardian

Treatments Explored to Ease Post-Viral Symptoms of ME/CFS and Long COVIDMedscape

Long Covid cases are rising, yet presenteeism is still forcing frontline employees to work while they’re sickinews

#DISCUSSIONS, PODCASTS, and Videos

“What insurers, worker’s comp, long-term disability auditors are saying when people with Long COVID are trying to access rights that they are entitled to since they were diagnosed with a recognized disability under the ADATwitter @PutrinoLab

Scalp inflammation post-COVIDFacebook

Is full recovery actually possible?reddit

Heat sensitivity/intolerance Facebook

Lost control of emotionsreddit

Rapid weight gain post-COVIDFacebook

There’s been an uptick of doctors online claiming that #LongCovid #MECFS #POTS are psychosomatic. What other illnesses were falsely thought to be psychogenic?Twitter @turnoftheshrew

#RESOURCES and events

The Patient-Led Research Fund requests proposals for its $5 million in funding for Long COVID and associated conditions The Patient-Led Research Fund

The metabolomics study at Oxford University is in need of more participants. Those with long covid and also those with M.E that have LC can also take part.Oxford University



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