Long Covid Research
- taliaavakpersonal
- May 9, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: May 20, 2024
Long Covid research remains an ongoing and multifaceted area as medical experts continue to distinguish important factors in the space. These factors include the clinical characteristics of Long Covid, from fatigue and shortness of breath to cognitive impairment and muscle and joint pain.
They also include the risk factors that may lead to Long Covid, such as the severity of one's initial Covid-19 infection, one's age, preexisting medical condition, and general predispositions that can lead to the condition.
According to Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, the sterling professor of immunobiology at Yale University, "Since long COVID is not one disease, but is a collection of, likely, multiple endotypes of diseases, in terms of looking at specific biomarkers that can distinguish these endotypes, we're still not there yet.”
Researchers still don’t know why people get Long Covid and why people can get it even after a mild Covid infection, but advancements continue to be made in new ways to treat and test the condition.
Below, we take a look at profound research in the Long Covid space from medical experts across the globe.
Long Covid Research Helpful Links:
New Landmark Study Offers Hope to People With Long Covid — A new study from the National Institutes of Health analyzes myalgic encephalitis and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Penn Medicine Researchers Receive $2.1 Million Grant to Fund Long Covid Research — Funding from PolyBio Research Foundation to support research on Long Covid in the gut and Long Covid immune responses.
What We Know About Long Covid — From Brain Fog to Physical Fatigue — A look at a range of studies analyzing Long Covid symptoms.
Scientists May Have Spotted a Key to Long Covid — A new study from Cambridge on the factors driving Long Covid.
NIH Opens Long Covid Trials to Evaluate Treatments For Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction — Trials testing at least three treatments for symptoms including increased heart rate, fatigue, and dizziness.
As Long Covid research continues, Long Covid United will continue to update this resource with relevant news for our community. In the meantime, we invite you to donate to our cause which aids USC's Keck School of Medicine in conducting further research on Long Covid.