📢Our review "Long COVID science, research and policy" is out in Nature Medicine By Ziyad Al-Aly, MD Hannah Davis Lisa McCorkell Letícia Soares, PhD Sarah Wulf Hanson, PhD Prof. Akiko Iwasaki Eric Topol A thread nature.com/articles/s4159…

#LongCOVID science, policy & research A new Review outlines the current state of evidence, impacts on patients, health systems, economies & global health metrics, and proposes a research & policy roadmap Ziyad Al-Aly, MD Eric Topol Prof. Akiko Iwasaki Lisa McCorkell nature.com/articles/s4159…

About 400 million people worldwide have had long Covid, presenting a global economic cost of $1 trillion a year, a new report estimates. (Authors are Ziyad Al-Aly, MD Eric Topol Prof. Akiko Iwasaki Sarah Wulf Hanson, PhD Hannah Davis Lisa McCorkell Letícia Soares, PhD) nytimes.com/2024/08/09/hea…

"Malgré l'impact désastreux du #CovidLong sur les individus et la société, je crains que beaucoup ne soient toujours conscients du danger", Akiko Iwasaki Prof. Akiko Iwasaki "Il est urgent de fournir un diagnostic et un traitement appropriés aux personnes atteintes de Covid Long."

#LongCovid is a defining health crisis of our time! In case you missed it: Our review on #LongCovid in Nature Medicine Long Covid has impacted at least 400 million people at an annual cost of $1 trillion nature.com/articles/s4159… 🧵here: x.com/zalaly/status/…

“Despite the dire impact of #LongCovid on individuals and society, I fear that many are still unaware of the danger” - Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

“Despite the dire impact of #LongCovid on individuals and society, I fear that many are still unaware of the danger,” says Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunology at Yale University “There is an urgent need to provide.. treatment for people living with long COVID.”

The August issue of the AAI Newsletter is available now: check out the President's message from Stephen Jameson and see highlights from IMMUNOLOGY2024™! aai.org/Newsletter

This is a very helpful paper on internal tremors and vibrations in #LongCovid. 🧵 The first time a patient described internal vibrations to me (before the pandemic) I didn’t know what to do. It’s not a symptom that doctors tend to have learned about. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Save the date: It's time to start thinking about submitting an abstract for IMMUNOLOGY2024™ in Honolulu! Abstract submissions will open on October 1, 2024, and there is no submission fee for members through November 19. immunology2025.aai.org/important-date…

A recent Yale study is among the first to show a causal link between lingering COVID-19 symptoms and the chronic triggering of a harmful immune response, a finding that could help lead to better diagnostics and treatments. Yale School of Medicine #Yale medicine.yale.edu/news-article/n…

Long COVID is destroying millions of people's career paths and lives. Imagine the devastation of working your way up to your dream job for decades and having to let it go because of #LongCovid Jen Calfas and Paul Overberg report in the The Wall Street Journal wsj.com/health/wellnes…

Our collaborators study #covid19 + #LongCovid Projects underway at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Stanford Immunology La Jolla Institute Seattle Children's Yale School of Medicine Collaborators include Alessandro Sette Raphael Gottardo 📊🧪🖥️ Ken Stuart Simon Lab (ISMMS) Ana Fernandez-Sesma Prof. Akiko Iwasaki Their data shared at ImmPort

In a new @AmJMed study, a team including @HMKYale and Prof. Akiko Iwasaki say over one third of participants with #longCOVID report feeling “internal #tremors” that aren’t visible to the naked eye. brnw.ch/21wM79t

For all those virology post-docs, tenure-track Assistant Professor position available in the Dept of Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale. Great department and community. Please apply. Yale School of Medicine YaleMicroPath apply.interfolio.com/151755

Our new UC San Francisco #FindCOVID/#LIINC paper in Nature Communications showing SCV2 burden in first 3 weeks of COVID predicts future #LongCovid. In addition to LC treatment trials, we need investment in studies to prevent LC! Zero US-based trials on prevention so far. nature.com/articles/s4146…

A very interesting new study by Petter Brodin and colleagues shows that gender-affirming testosterone therapy changes immune phenotypes leading to reduced type I interferon and enhanced TNF signatures nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are at a precipice. WHO has declared clean indoor air a fundamental human right, and ventilation is a key component of good IAQ. The current standards governing our ventilation rates are not based on health and have not been for decades. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…

Long COVID remains one of the most poorly-understood aspects of the pandemic. In a new long COVID study, over 1/3 of participants report experiencing internal tremors. Read more about the study & strange new symptom. Harlan Krumholz Prof. Akiko Iwasaki medicine.yale.edu/internal-medic…

New segment on #LongCovid in Japan, featuring my friend Norio Honjo! news.ntv.co.jp/n/tsb/category…