Issue #5

“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

Louis Pasteur
#RESEARCH

The health impact of long COVID during the 2021-2022 Omicron wave in Australia: a quantitative burden of disease study –  medRxiv* preprint 

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome and gut dysbiosis linger beyond 1 year after SARS-CoV-2 clearance – Gut

Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) impact quality of life at 6, 12 and 18 months post-infection – medRxiv* preprint 

Distinguishing features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling – medRxiv* preprint 

Persistent circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike is associated with post-acute COVID-19 sequelae – medRxiv* preprint 

Persistent capillary rarefication in long COVID syndrome – Angiogenesis

Safety and efficacy of low dose naltrexone in a long covid cohort; an interventional pre-post study – Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health

Long COVID symptomatology after twelve months and its impact on quality of life according to initial COVID-19 disease severity – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

#NEWS

Long Covid clinic wait times blow out to five months as Australia’s health experts call for national approach – The Guardian

Tim Kaine has long Covid. That’s not moving Congress to act. – Politico

Blood clots, heart problems, kidney failure: COVID creates a higher risk for rare pediatric health problems, new CDC study finds – Fortune

Long Covid: A parallel pandemic – Knowable Magazine

New long-COVID-19 study by Yale now recruiting patients – Connecticut Public Radio

Long-COVID treatments: why the world is still waiting – Nature

Loss Of Smell Linked To Long Term Covid Cognitive Impairment – Forbes

Queensland researchers find overlap in pathology of long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome – ABC News

It’s Not Just Long Covid – The Atlantic

How long will it take to understand long COVID? – Ars Technica

COVID-19 neuro complications, long-term symptoms in kids – Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

Children’s National Hospital Studying Long COVID in Kids With Help of Virginia Twins – NBC Washington

COVID-19 in Children and Pregnant Women: Lingering Symptoms, Vaccination and Cardiovascular Effects – Infectious Disease Special Edition

‘Left to rot’: The lonely plight of long Covid sufferers– Politico

Sleepwalking toward Covid disaster – In the interest of returning to ‘normal,’ the US is ignoring the crisis of Long Covid – 48Hills

#DISCUSSIONS, PODCASTS, and Videos

The Promising Treatment for Long COVID We’re Not Even Trying – The Atlantic

Rachael Evans on living with long COVID – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

New and unusual dental issues since Covid – Twitter @dianaberrent

Video: BBC Northwest Tonight segment on Long Covid in Children – YouTube

Cribriform drainage issues – Twitter @ahandvanish

Changed experiences with alcohol – Facebook

Video: How Covid left me permanently disabled: “I was actively suicidal” – Sunday Times News (YouTube)

#RESOURCES and events

Survey: Supplement Efficacy for Long Covid – General – Twitter @organichemusic

LCNMUK survey of NHS staff in England with Long Covid regarding meeting with a manager about the changes to Covid sick pay – LCNMUK

Bargaining guidance on supporting members with long COVID or post-COVID-19 syndrome – Unison

A summary of new, informative reports on Long COVID – Eric Topol

Dysautonomia International announces the availability of up to $800,000 in research grants for 2022 – Dysautonomia International

Survey: Long Covid (or ME) Symptoms/Adverse Effects with Nattokinase/Lumbrokinase +/- Serrapeptase

The Long Haul: Solving the Puzzle of the Pandemic’s Long Haulers and How They Are Changing Healthcare Forever – Amazon (pre-order)



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