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Med Sci (Paris) "Covid long : une longue histoire"

French version:
https://www.medecinesciences.org/fr/articles/medsci/full_html/2026/02/medsci20250106/medsci20250106.html

Google English translation
https://www-medecinesciences-org.translate.goog/fr/articles/medsci/full_html/2026/02/medsci20250106/medsci20250106.html?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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#MEcfs #CFS #PwME

Med Sci (Paris) "Covid long : une longue histoire"
This French article by Ilana Löwy in medicine/science argues that Long Covid patients are confronted with an "epistemological injustice": a lack of recognition of their suffering. Because of an absence of objective signs of a recognized disease some health professionals incorrectly consider it to be a psychosomatic condition.

How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-25/how-long-do-covid-s-effects-last-brain-issues-are-still-being-found

https://archive.md/FYsGV

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#Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 #auscovid19 #CovidIsNotOver

@novid #novid

Bloomberg How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain
An adapted article based in an upcoming book "After Covid: The Health Impacts That Will Last Generations" by Jason Gale. Avindra Nath talks of his research into Covid and Long Covid. Nath says it has not been surprising to see overlap in symptoms with ME/CFS.
Article (Paywalled) l Thread

Nach Baden-Württemberg folgt Rheinland-Pfalz.
Auch hier haben wir die Parteien zur politischen Stellungnahme zu ME/CFS, Post-COVID und Post-Vac aufgefordert.
Veröffentlichung der Antworten vor der Wahl.
📎 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1azr8YzxzeSwRqdcA6O_4tz0LUV8JXU4j/view?usp=drivesdk
#LandtagswahlRLP
#LandtagswahlBW
#MECFS
#PostCovid
#LongCovid
#PostVac
#Gesundheitspolitik
@ltrlp
@ltrlp
@dgbregionpfalz
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@PL_RLP

Wie mir eine Person der Rechtsabteilung meiner Universität am Telefon erzählte, gäbe es bei #PostCovid ja viele Behandlungsmöglichkeiten.
Ich war leider zu sehr mit der Uni-Bürokratie, um die ich mich wegen PostCovid kümmern muss, und habe leider versäumt nachzufragen, ob es auch welche gibt, die tatsächlich funktionieren…

#LongCovid #PAIS

No more bike stuff today. Used a spoon putting clean dishes and silverware up, helping with laundry, and helping to put our weekly grocery delivery away. I need to save one for helping make dinner in a couple of hours. 🥄 🥄 🥄 💀 💀

I also need to make sure I can manage the trip into Downtown tomorrow and back. 3 hours of public transportation round trip, one way coming home with a bike. Going to bed early tonight.

Worst case, I expect to be in bed all day Tuesday.

#PostCOVID #LongCOVID

I haven't watched this myself so far but have been generally impressed with media interviews Dr. Binita Kane has done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk00btt7CVs

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#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
@mecfs

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Consultant Respiratory Physician | Special interest in Long COVID and ME | Founder of The Long COVID Clinic | Co-Founder of South Asian Heritage Month | Diversity Power list 2024/25 | Member of Independent SAGEConsultant Respiratory Physician | Special interest in Long COVID and ME | Founder of The Long COVID Clinic | Co-Founder of South Asian Heritage Month | Diversity Power list 2024/25 | Member of Independent SAGE
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Just over a year ago, I left my 25 year NHS career to dedicate my life to a group of patients who remain largely unseen and unheard by the NHS - people with severe Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Despite hundreds of thousands affected, to this day, there are no commissioned NHS services for those at the severe end of the spectrum - though patient advocates, charities and some MPs are working hard to change this.
The transition to the independent sector was never in my life plan - it happened organically. I am very grateful to HLTH Compliance for inviting me onto their podcast to share my journey and experiences of setting up the clinic, which emulates a tertiary level specialist interdisciplinary service - with one important difference - my patients are all over the country and so are my team. My most severe patients are bedbound, tube-fed, have 24/7 full-time care and no regular NHS support outside of their GP (+ possibly a dietician).

From Turkey

"Patients with a history of COVID-19 showed significantly higher odds of meeting ACR 2016 fibromyalgia criteria"

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/15/3/1098

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#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS #FM

Association Between Post-COVID-19 Infection and Fibromyalgia: A Controlled Case–Control Study — Ayse Oz and Tulay Yildirim
"Patients with a history of COVID-19 showed significantly higher odds of meeting ACR 2016 fibromyalgia criteria, as well as worse clinical symptom burden, compared with controls."

R3 Seminar Recap: Long COVID trajectories in adults

5-minutes text summary plus also link to video on paper by members of the research team

https://recovercovid.org/r3-seminar-series/long-covid-trajectories-adults

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@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
#Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 #auscovid19 #CovidIsNotOver

Exciting to read about some of the expensive ME/CFS & long Covid research planned in Germany (using some of the €500 million budget) including that using long-term samples which allow comparisons of samples before and after developing the conditions

https://www.helmholtz.de/en/newsroom/article/when-the-infection-is-over-and-the-disease-is-just-beginning/

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#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
@mecfs

Long COVID, ME/CFS, and other post-infectious diseases pose new questions for medicine and society. With the long-term data from the NAKO Health Study, Germany now aims to systematically clarify why some infections leave lasting effects and how those affected can be better supported.

Post-infectious diseases are on the rise. Infections such as COVID-19 can lead to chronic conditions such as Long COVID or ME/CFS months or even years later, affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Germany.
As part of the National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases, the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) is investing approximately 500 million euros over the next decade to systematically research causes, disease mechanisms, diagnostics, and therapies and to improve care.
The NAKO Health Study, with 200,000 participants, provides crucial long-term data and enables a rare before-and-after comparison with data and biosamples from before, during, and after infection.
The aim of research is to determine the actual prevalence of post-infectious diseases more accurately, to better understand the underlying biological processes, and to effectively support those affected through targeted interventions in the future.

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Single-cell transcriptomics reveal intrinsic and systemic T cell aging in COVID-19 and HIV

https://www.aging-us.com/article/206353/text

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#Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 #auscovid19 #CovidIsNotOver
@novid #HIV

Single-cell transcriptomics reveal intrinsic and systemic T cell aging in COVID-19 and HIV — Alan Tomusiak et al.
"By highlighting both cell-intrinsic and systemic aspects of immune aging, our approach offers novel insights into how diseases such as COVID-19 and HIV differentially impact the immune system at the cellular level."

Persistent inflammatory cytokine signature in long Covid-19 patients: a meta-analysis

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10787-025-02033-0

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Persistent inflammatory cytokine signature in long Covid-19 patients: a meta-analysis— Dornas et al.
Review. "Elevated cytokine levels in patients with PASC support the role of persistent inflammation in the pathophysiology of ongoing symptoms."

From Singapore 🇸🇬

Early administration of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19

https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(26)00070-6/abstract

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#Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 #auscovid19 #CovidIsNotOver

Early administration of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 — Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam et al.
"In our cohort, we found that early treatment with mAbs did not signiﬁcantly alter the overall risk of PASC." "We observed that patients who received mAbs had a higher risk of developing post-acute autoimmune sequelae (adjusted HR [aHR] = 2.20 [1.22, 3.97])"

I overdid it yesterday. Worked a lot on my bikes. Crashed. Fell asleep for 12 hours. Woke up feeling rested for the first time in a week and a half.

I also woke up with very sore legs and feet. Stiff lower back. I think l got a lot of steps in. So today, I made sure to pace myself.

Probably sleep again soon. Feeling almost normal for the first time in a while.

#PostCOVID

From 🇪🇸

"Our findings indicate pediatric long COVID is associated with a dysregulated immune response characterized by altered innate immunity & overactivated T-, B- and NK-cell responses."

https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/201111

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@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
#LongCovidKids #LCKids

Pediatric long COVID is characterized by myeloid CCR6 suppression and immune dysregulation — Jon Izquierdo-Pujol et al.
"Our findings indicate that pediatric long COVID is associated with a dysregulated immune response characterized by altered innate immunity and overactivated T-, B- and NK-cell responses."

Assessment of dynamic cerebral blood flow changes during cognitive tasks in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcag036

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Assessment of dynamic cerebral blood flow changes during cognitive tasks in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome — Kutz et al.
"PCS patients displayed disturbed intermittency in blood flow regulation as indicated by a more rigid blood flow signal structure particularly during the N-back task, which targets working memory and sustained attention."

Landtagswahl BW 2026: Positionierung eingefordert. Veröffentlichung der Antworten vor der Wahl.
📎https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nlg8nKZ26DEFRLBmN6lZOeK9wAgMhsaL/view?usp=drivesdk
#LandtagswahlBW
#MECFS
#PostCovid
#Gesundheitspolitik
#Versorgung
#Sozialpolitik
#Wahl2026
#Patientenrechte

@RegierungBW 
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News Release 25-Feb-2026

"Tulane study reveals key differences in long-term brain effects of #COVID_19 and flu: Disruption of serotonin & dopamine signaling pathways could explain why some feel 'brain fog' after being infected by #COVID19"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1117501

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#Coronavirus
#COVID #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 #auscovid19 #CovidIsNotOver @novid #novid

News Release 25-Feb-2026
Tulane study reveals key differences in long-term brain effects of COVID-19 and flu
Disruption of serotonin and dopamine signaling pathways could explain why some feel 'brain fog' after being infected by COVID-19

Peer-Reviewed Publication
Tulane University

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Even a mild case of COVID-19 or the flu can impact the body long after the fever and cough fade, according to new Tulane University research that may help explain why some people struggle to feel fully recovered weeks or months later.

Tulane researchers found that while both viruses can leave lasting lung damage, only SARS-CoV-2 infection caused persistent brain inflammation and small blood vessel injury, even after the virus was no longer detectable. The findings, published in Frontiers in Immunology, help explain why long COVID often includes neurological symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue and mood changes, while influenza is more commonly associated with respiratory complications.

En daar is de beslissing van UWV: toch duurzaam arbeidsongeschikt 😢

Dus van WGA naar IVA uitkering en afscheid nemen van mijn werkgever (die eigen risicodrager is en daarmee onder WGA verantwoordelijk was voor werken aan herstel). Plus nieuwe onzekerheid door de plannen van het nieuwe kabinet omtrent arbeidsongeschiktheidsuitkeringen.

#WIA #NietHersteld #PostCovid

'Inspectie onderzoekt postcovidbehandeling door pijnkliniek'

"De Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd (IGJ) onderzoekt of een kliniek in Velsen-Noord de regels voor medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek heeft overtreden door mensen met postcovidklachten te behandelen met het middel lidocaïne. Een woordvoerster van de inspectie bevestigt dat na berichtgeving door Follow the Money.[*]

"Omdat er geen controlegroep is, kan niet vastgesteld worden wat het normale beloop van klachten zou zijn geweest zonder behandeling, of als deelnemers een placebo hadden gehad"

"Het onderzoek kent fundamentele methodologische tekortkomingen”, concludeerden reviewers van het vakblad. Volgens hen waren deelnemers met betere uitkomsten oververtegenwoordigd in de onderzoeksresultaten. Ze waarschuwden voor “valse hoop”."

"Dat de IGJ onderzoek doet, betekent “dat er vragen zijn gerezen en wij verlenen alle medewerking aan de beantwoording van die vragen”, laat de kliniek weten."

https://www.skipr.nl/nieuws/inspectie-onderzoekt-postcovidbehandeling-door-pijnkliniek/

*Artikel Follow the Money:
https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/postcovid-patienten-proefkonijnen-in-experiment-lidocaine

@longcovid

#zorg #Inspectie #IGJ #PostCovid #LongCovid #lidocaine #ExcellentCareClinics #Covid