Long COVID
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Mepolizumab improves asthma after 1 year despite comorbidities
Patients with asthma and comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps showed especially significant benefits.
From the Journals
Severe COVID may cause long-term cellular changes: Study
This study shows that after severe COVID, the immune system remains in ‘emergency mode’ and in a heightened state of inflammation.
News
Number of people with long COVID could be vastly underestimated
Patients with long COVID symptoms but without laboratory evidence of prior infection, “who have often been rejected and stigmatized, should feel...
From the Journals
Long COVID leads to greater health risks, research finds
“There was really nothing at all looking at what happens to people at 2 years after the infection. So we decided to take a look.”
Feature
Long COVID lawsuits coming, but not likely to succeed, experts predict
The increase in the number of lawsuits raises concerns about how courts and juries might decide long COVID claims when so much about the condition...
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Long COVID–induced activity limitations persist
The prevalence of long COVID in the United States has remained stable, as has the proportion of patients reporting significantly reduced function...
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Long COVID disability court battles just ‘tip of iceberg’
When it comes to long COVID, completing disability paperwork is increasingly becoming part of standard care for providers.
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Multiple trials of long COVID treatments advancing, more on the way
The new clinical trials are in phase 2 and will test safety and effectiveness.
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Off-label meds: Promising long COVID treatments?
Low-dose naltrexone is a major topic of discussion on public long COVID patient groups on Facebook.
Conference Coverage
Infection-related chronic illness: A new paradigm for research and treatment
Researchers are looking to build a common research agenda for infection-related chronic illnesses to “understand the epidemiology and pathogenesis...
Feature
Long COVID and vaccines: Separating facts from falsehoods
Discussions of vaccination with patients, including those with long COVID, are often fraught and challenging. “There’s a lot of fear that they...