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Abstract The post-acute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection—also referred to as Long COVID—have been described, but whether breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection (BTI) in vaccinated people results in post-acute sequelae is not clear. In this study...

The same journal also has an article about treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome, which seems to be based on Fink's paper, but this too is paywalled: https://ugeskriftet.dk/videnskab/behandling-af-kronisk-traethedssyndrom

Helmfrid comments the Fink-paper on Twitter: Danish BPS proponent Dr. Per Fink rants about the new NICE guideline for #MECFS. Fink claims that the NICE committee was driven by consensus among a biased group of specialists, when in fact the committee took a firm stand against biased studies.

NYT More than 1 in 5 adult Covid survivors in the U.S. may develop long Covid, a C.D.C. study suggests quote: The C.D.C. authors concluded that post-Covid conditions might “affect a patient’s ability to contribute to the work force and might have economic consequences for survivors and their...

And I assume this is before Omicron?

Summary What is already known about this topic? As more persons are exposed to and infected by SARS-CoV-2, reports of patients who experience persistent symptoms or organ dysfunction after acute COVID-19 and develop post-COVID conditions have increased. What is added by this report? COVID-19...

BMJ - Helen Salisbury: Living under the long shadow of covid Quote: While we cross our fingers and hope that the next wave isn’t already on its way (and with decreased surveillance, we may not get much warning), “long covid” consultations have overtaken acute ones. I don’t know how many...

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Linköping University has a good article about the study: Possible discovery of mechanism behind mysterious COVID-19 symptoms quote: In patients with serious and long-term COVID-19, disturbed blood coagulation has often been observed. Now, researchers at LiU have discovered that the body’s...

The latest illustration from illustrating_me. Another good one. ETA: If you click on the arrow on the picture, you'll see the English version

moved posts scienceNews.dk Microclots explain why 1 in 10 people continue having long COVID symptoms quote: A few years ago, researchers discovered that fibrinogen, which when blood clots usually accumulate in large polymer networks called fibrin, can occasionally clot into an anomalous amyloid...

Long Covid is topic at the New York Times podcast "The Daily". Dakota provides a summary on Twitter:

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Ed Yong has just released an article which is paywalled, but he's written a Twitter summary:

Patient advocate Sissel Sunde has been fundraising to buy copies of an interview book about ME for May 2022. The fundraising was a success, and she was able to buy and send the book together with a letter to 82 recipients, including to the Royal Family, politicians, the Norwegian Medical...

MarketWatch 'This isn't just gonna go away': Long COVID is crashing the retirement hopes of many Americans quotes: “As a chronically ill and disabled person, I don’t have retirement plans,” said Davids. He was already living with several chronic diseases, including myalgic...

White Paper Patients Diagnosed with Post-COVID Conditions - An Analysis of Private Healthcare Claims Using the Official ICD-10 Diagnostic Code by Fair Health Summary Post-COVID conditions, also known by such terms as long COVID and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, have become an issue of...

The Body Pro Long COVID and Cognitive Dysfunction:Searching for Answers by Terri Wilder quote: Wilder: You recently co-authored a piece with Avindra Nath, M.D., from the NIH, who has done work in myalgic encephalomyelitis, often referred to as ME/CFS. Many people with ME/CFS had a viral trigger...

Have to admit this is something I haven't tried as a remedy for fatigue, but think I'll pass. Sounds like a lovely smell, though..