This week in key Covid publications: —Young, healthy individuals with mild cases had objective cognitive deficits at 1-year that they did not perceive —Older, hospitalized adults with severe Covid had an equivalent of 20 years of decline in cognitive performance at 1-year

I have been leaked a copy of the second NHS module on ME/CFS #MEcfs #SaveKatiana I have grave concerns about it - which you can read, along with the full draft module itself, below: thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/1…

HEALTH UPDATE: It has officially been one year since I contracted Covid-19 while on set for my movie that I’ve been working on. I was once a very healthy 31-year old man, but now every day is a struggle for me. A THREAD... 🧵

Academic ironies

“The American Medical Association’s top journal, JAMA, in August published a key new study and editorial about pediatric #LongCovid. The editorial cites several robust analyses and concludes that.. LC symptoms appear to occur after about 10-20% of pediatric infections.”

We are excited to announce an $800,000 donation to Mount Sinai to support a clinical trial of the drug rapamycin in patients with long COVID. The trial will be conducted at CoRE: a clinic directed by Dr. David Putrino and PolyBio's Dr. Amy Proal: polybio.org/polybio-suppor…

I could not be more excited to be looking into the role of low-dose, weekly rapamycin to treat #LongCOVID. Hugely grateful to PolyBio for their faith in us to get this exciting trial done right in collab with Prof. Akiko Iwasaki and others. Looking to begin recruitment Q1 2025 🙏🏻

A personal story about how the potential grant funding freeze might affect science. Right now, I'm in my fourth year of a 5-year NIH grant and my last year of funding is supposed to start February 1st. I'm supporting a postdoc, two graduate students, and two lab managers

New research shows SARS-CoV-2 infection particles can persist in semen for up to 8 months after infection, raising critical questions about viral reservoirs and potential sexual transmission. The virus remained detectable in over half the study participants and was confirmed as

From a meta-analysis of over 4 million COVID survivors, "The prevalence rates for the different symptoms were as follows: - fatigue 43.3%; - memory disorders 27.8%; - cognitive impairment 27.1%; - sleep disorders 24.4%; - concentration impairment 23.8%; - headache 20.3%; -

If you are a patient that meets #ME/CFS and #PEM criteria, info on the specific #infections or exposures that led to onset or exacerbation of your symptoms is of major importance. That info will help you pursue personalized treatment.

We are so excited about our clinical trial of low dose rapamycin for people with #LongCOVID. Understanding the mechanisms behind WHO this helps and WHY is crucial for establishing safe and effective treatments for people with LC and ultimately other complex chronic illnesses. 🙏

People act like we’re supposed to know how to handle chronic illness. Like there’s a script. There isn’t. You get sick and suddenly your life is completely changed. Future plans are gone. Career path becomes uncertain. Relationships become strained Yet somehow we’re

In honor of #PrideMonth2025, I just wanted to take a moment to discuss the crucial role of intersectionality, gender and inclusion in research, specifically as it relates to our research involving #LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme and other complex chronic illnesses. As we 1/

🚨 Excited to share our new paper on neuropsychiatric disorders in #MCAS. There are many interesting findings here, but the most striking is: 📢 The most common comorbidity of MCAS was #POTS occurring in 50% of female patients and 16% of male patients. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In response to my question 'What do you see as the most promising medications for neuro-inflammation in ME'? Dr Claire Taylor wrote a brilliant thread Unfortunately the order was all scrambled, so with the help of ChatGPT have tried to put it in the correct order! 🧵1/n

Dr. Amy Proal last week: “When people get an infection, there’s a huge assumption that it just clears after their symptoms go away… Little amounts of the pathogen [can persist] in parts of your tissue, parts of your nerves—where they can still drive inflammation and directly

I'm glad to see BuzzFeed running educational content about tick- and vector-borne illness like #lyme, but I must disagree with Dr Shapiro, who is quoted in this article, that an infected tick *has* to be on for 24-36 hrs to transmit Lyme Disease. The 1/ buzzfeed.com/jillianwilson/…

With all that talk about PEM i want to share a story about my experience with it. For background; my trigger event was in 2005 when i was 12 years old. I managed to go to school fulltime until the last year of highschool. Then i managed half days.