The story of frequent persistence of #SARSCoV2 in multiple organs after mild Covid keeps getting stronger, and correlates (odds ratio >5) with symptoms of #LongCovid
🆕The Lancet Infectious Diseases
thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

On this #MEAwarenessDay , I am preparing my talk for the #UniteToFight2024 to share our research and insights on #longCOVID and #PAIS . #MECFS is a serious health crisis that requires urgent attention and action on a global scale. Help us raise awareness today.

Here comes our next Community Keynote contribution 🎬🤩

Please welcome Harry Leeming (Harry Leeming), Founder of Visible !

Harry will speak about unlocking wearable technology to measure and manage #LongCovid
#UniteToFight2024

#MECFS is unimaginably isolating, especially for severe patients like Dianna. The disease just doesn't make sense; even for me, it's taken a year of caring for her every day to start to understand.

To get a sense, Dianna has spent the last year and a half in her room, unable to

“One EU estimate suggests #LongCovid may have cut labour supply by.. more than 1mn full-time workers. Studies in US & UK have reached broadly similar conclusions — suggesting LC has driven the recent increase in workplace absence in many countries.” ft.com/content/bb09a0…

A 2-year #LongCovid prospective study in Norway
'A positive #SARSCoV2 test was associated with new onset memory- and concentration problems, anosmia and dysgeusia, dyspnoea and fatigue as well as self-assessed worsening of overall health, which persisted for the length of the

The economic cost of #LongCovid covid is staggering!

In the US, #LongCovid could result in 1.5 billion work hours lost in 2024 – a potential cost of more than US$152.6 billion

A report by The Economist

impact.economist.com/perspectives/h…

Save the date! Wednesday 1 May - 6pm BST

Dr Binita Kane & Helen Oakleigh present 'The Long Covid Clinic - What You CAN Do'. In partnership with Long Covid Support.

Fireside Chat - Using Visible - Binita Kane talks with Harry Leeming

#LongCovid
youtube.com/live/zWOLxwwp7…

I’m neither a politician nor an economist, but finding it hard to see how it could be good to have 3% of the workforce long term unwell to #LongCovid , yet no moves to acknowledge, mitigate, research or treat?

2 million people living in private households in England and Scotland were experiencing self-reported long COVID

Symptoms continuing for more than four weeks after a confirmed or suspected #COVID19 infection that were not explained by something else.

➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

The gut microbiome and #LongCovid :
'Gut microbiome-based multi-label machine learning accurately predicts upcoming long-term symptoms after acute COVID19.'
cell.com/cell-host-micr…
Cell Host & Microbe by Siew Ng CUHK Medicine and colleagues

Data provided by patients.
Technology built by patients.
Research run by patients.

This is the definition of patient-led research 💪

It’s official: A new Lancet Infectious Disease paper solidifies evidence of long-term viral persistence after #COVID -19.

Up to a quarter of people in the study harbored viral proteins indicative of persistent virus for up to 14 months after infection: polybio.org/covid-19-virus…

BREAKING: Senator Bernie Sanders drafts proposal for Long Covid Moonshot.

The proposal earmarks $10B in Long Covid research funding over the next decade.

An important new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases found SARS-CoV-2 virus proteins persisting in blood in about 25% of people who had COVID up to 14 months prior. polybio.org/covid-19-virus… Comparison blood drawn pre-COVID showed only 2% assay positivity.

#UniteToFight2024

On May 15th - 16th, an international online #LongCovid & #MECFS Conference will take place, featuring over 18 hours of world-class speakers.

The conference offers free access and is entirely community-driven.

Please assist us in spreading the word about this

Long COVID still has no cure — so these patients are turning to research go.nature.com/3PHJBjx

The fight against long COVID is not just a medical one. It is a moral one.

Long COVID can have devastating consequences and too many people now face debilitating symptoms as a result.

How many Americans need to suffer before Congress acts boldly to address this crisis?

1/ 🧵 Long COVID: A Deep Dive into the Shadows of Post-Acute Infectious Syndromes. What scientists have uncovered may change how we view post-viral conditions forever. Dive in with my latest article for @SITNboston.

sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2024/lon…