They span three continents, but a trio of researchers who’ve never met share a singular focus made vital by the still-raging pandemic: deciphering the causes of Long Covid and figuring out how to treat it. Almost 2 years ago in Italy, pediatric infectious disease doctor Danilo Buonsenso, who works […]
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The ‘wild west’ of long Covid: The expensive, bizarre and ‘dangerous’ treatments on offer to patients
Private practitioners are offering a wide range of unproven therapies to desperate patients People with long Covid are being offered unproven, bizarre and, in some instances, “dangerous” treatments by private clinics, often at a cost of hundreds of pounds — as officials warn that the industry is at risk […]
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St. John’s Researchers Study Long COVID
Assistant Professor Corinne I. Alois (l) and Dr. Louise Lee (r) Hoping to unravel one of the medical mysteries of the pandemic, a pair of St. John’s University researchers studied the peculiar phenomenon of “long COVID,” a condition in which some survivors endure nagging symptoms long after the disease […]
I live with the same health conditions as Halsey — Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and mast cell activation syndrome nearly broke me
I was diagnosed with mast cell activation syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. It took six years for me to get the correct diagnoses. Like Halsey, the symptoms intensified after I gave birth. I never expected to have much in common with the singer Halsey, but after she […]
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, on the latest long COVID-19 research
Watch the AMA’s COVID-19 Update, with insights from AMA leaders and experts about the pandemic. In today’s COVID-19 Update, AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger discusses the latest research on long COVID with Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, the Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University and a principal investigator at […]
How will long Covid impact health care stakeholders?
While scientists and health experts still do not understand the full extent of long Covid, the condition is estimated to affect millions of Americans, placing a heavy burden on patients as well as the U.S. economy, as well as insurers and life sciences companies. Case study: Recovery clinics for […]
We Need to Talk About Long COVID
An estimated 25 million Americans are currently experiencing the debilitating symptoms of long COVID. Little is known about the etiology, long-term impact, or prognosis of long COVID. Even with limited understanding of long COVID, there are strategies that can be implemented to benefit patients. It’s summertime and the living […]
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Covid’s long road
The author’s frightening experiences of long COVID, a condition still poorly understood and in desperate need of more resources “Long COVID” is aptly named. An army is in a prolonged battle with your organs. For me, the insidious infection initially attacked the lungs, heart and olfactory system. It progressively […]
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Social media post leads Yale scientist to long COVID discovery
Jessai Flores, Contributing Illustrator The key to better understanding long COVID — a condition that afflicts 10 percent of COVID-19 survivors — may lie in unexpected sources: Twitter and Facebook, which allows scientists to interact with patients in real-time. Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunobiology and molecular, cellular and developmental […]
The lasting symptoms among COVID-19 long haulers
Key Takeaways COVID-19 patients were classified as ‘long haulers’ when symptoms persisted more than six weeks after infection. Long haulers are commonly diagnosed with ‘brain fog’ – a term encompassing neuropsychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety and insomnia as well as attention and executive function difficulties Clinicians seeing patients […]