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 clearanceGut

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 profilingmedRxiv* preprint 

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

Persistent capillary rarefication in long COVID syndromeAngiogenesis

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

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

#NEWS

Long Covid clinic wait times blow out to five months as Australia’s health experts call for national approachThe 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 findsFortune

Long Covid: A parallel pandemicKnowable Magazine

New long-COVID-19 study by Yale now recruiting patientsConnecticut Public Radio

Long-COVID treatments: why the world is still waitingNature

Loss Of Smell Linked To Long Term Covid Cognitive ImpairmentForbes

Queensland researchers find overlap in pathology of long COVID and chronic fatigue syndromeABC News

It’s Not Just Long CovidThe Atlantic

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

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

Children’s National Hospital Studying Long COVID in Kids With Help of Virginia TwinsNBC Washington

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

‘Left to rot’: The lonely plight of long Covid sufferersPolitico

Sleepwalking toward Covid disaster – In the interest of returning to ‘normal,’ the US is ignoring the crisis of Long Covid48Hills

#DISCUSSIONS, PODCASTS, and Videos

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

Rachael Evans on living with long COVIDThe Lancet Respiratory Medicine

New and unusual dental issues since CovidTwitter @dianaberrent

Video: BBC Northwest Tonight segment on Long Covid in ChildrenYouTube

Cribriform drainage issuesTwitter @ahandvanish

Changed experiences with alcoholFacebook

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

#RESOURCES and events

Survey: Supplement Efficacy for Long Covid – GeneralTwitter @organichemusic

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

Bargaining guidance on supporting members with long COVID or post-COVID-19 syndromeUnison

A summary of new, informative reports on Long COVIDEric Topol

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