Why does Long COVID brain fog seem to affect more patients in the US? 🧠 A recent Northwestern University study surveyed 3,100 long COVID patients from around the world. 🌏 Patients in the US reported symptoms such as brain fog and mental health effects at much higher rates... 1/ bit.ly/4bNfFhN

UCSF: Solving Long COVID: How Decades of HIV Research Paved the Way 🙏 Great article on how the HIV research team at University’s of California San Francisco uses their decades of expertise to expand to Long COVID 👇 www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...

Evidence is building: metformin appears to help prevent Long COVID 💊 A new review from U. of Minnesota Medical School highlights multiple studies showing that starting metformin during or soon after acute COVID infection could lower the risk of Long COVID by roughly 40–60%.🦠 1/ bit.ly/4r6A3PQ

You! Yes, you! The person talking about covid/long covid on social media YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE! My dad, who doesn’t understand LC, just messaged me bc he saw a reel on insta about long covid and all of a sudden has a bunch of questions! KEEP TALKING! EVERYWHERE! ALL THE TIME!

New research suggests a simple blood test may help detect lingering lung damage after COVID-19.🩸 A UK study found elevated levels of the two blood biomarkers in people with persistent lung abnormalities months after hospitalization. 🧬👇 1/ medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01...

BBC News: Long Covid and ME patients 'hopeful' about Rosetta Stone study Check out this comprehensive article looking at a new study, with £1.1 million in funding from the UK-based @meassociation.org.uk! 1/ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8pnggl7zgo

Long COVID researcher Yong Chen, PhD, wins prestigious Clinical Research Forum Award! Dr. Chen received the Award for his paper: "Long COVID Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Among Children and Adolescents in the Omicron Era (RECOVER-EHR).” 1/

Possible new alternative to Paxlovid is on the horizon! 🙏 Traws Pharma is developing a new anti-SARS-CoV-2 antiviral called Ratutrelvir, as a possible alternative to Paxlovid. 💊 1/

Australia allocates $120 million AUD into Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) that includes Long COVID! Super encouraging! 🙌🙌🙌 The MRFF will support 60 health and medical research projects aimed at improving prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of various diseases. 1/

MIT's MAESTRO study is looking for a few more #LongCovid male participants in the 18-28 yrs & 56-65 yrs brackets. See below screenshots for more info on Long Covid research study from posts by @immunofever.bsky.social & talresearchgroup.mit.edu/mitmaestro #medsky

Wow 😟 Been waiting for the science to start calling this out for years! 👇

New research on neurological Long COVID recovery🧠 A recent study in BMC Neurology followed people living with neurological Long COVID using a mobile app to track symptoms and overall recovery for 3 months—about a year after their initial COVID infection. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/

7yo: “Hey Dad, did you study for your test to get your virus out?” Me: “It’s not that kind of test… but yes, I did. And we’re gonna crush it”

Insightful comment from a member of our Long COVID Labs subreddit! 👇 We are just beginning to uncover the role viruses have played in our biology. Our focus is on COVID-19, but other viruses such as Epstein-Barr are likely at the root of many diseases! 🦠 1/

Really appreciated this comprehensive roundup of new papers from LC patient and blogger Brandon! ✨ Theme of this week's roundup: "Long COVID research is starting to connect dots that used to feel totally separate." 1/

Stellenbosch University and University of Calgary researchers studied 73 people and found that hidden chemical changes in blood clots can clearly separate Long COVID, POTS, and Long COVID-POTS, offering the first molecular fingerprint for each. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Fascinating! Apparently lidocaine injections (a very safe and well-known local anesthestic) are helping some Long COVID patients with their symptoms! 👇 www.reddit.com/r/covidlongh...

We are determined to help end the #LongCOVID crisis! 🙏

Our Patient Grants are going out! We’re excited to help Long COVID patients access treatments they otherwise might not be able to. 1/

✨✨Why don't we have better Long COVID treatments yet - and what is Long COVID LABS doing to help?? ✨✨ Last month, our founder Rohan appeared on the DeSciNews podcast with hosts Jorge Jiminez and @bioprotocol.bsky.social to talk about our mission. 1/

🚨In case you missed it: Long COVID Funding Update: Last week the German government announced it will be allocating €500 million (US $582 million) to fund research for Long COVID and ME/CFS 1/ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Update on the Economic Costs of Long COVID: A recent communication in NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine estimates that the economic costs of Long COVID come out to: 🛑$1 trillion annually 🛑Approximately 1% of GDP 🌍 1/

New study finds that SARS-CoV-2 exposure during pregnancy increases the risk of developmental delays by 68% The pandemic is NOT over - we need to solve this crisis urgently 🌏 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

So important! We need all hands on deck to end this crisis! 🚨

Would be amazing to see if we can do the same for #LongCOVID!

I've been sharing research long enough to watch people flip their beliefs completely. That's why science has to feel close, not distant. We trust what we can see. H. pylori proved that and now we're watching the same story unfold with SARS-CoV-2.

🚨Attn: Our long COVID Labs iOS app has been SUBMITTED from Testflight to the App Store!!! ✨ You can use our app track to your symptoms, contribute data to our Treatment Leaderboard and integrate with our ECG wearable for an additional biosignal layer. 📈 1/

Our founder Rohan spoke today at Devconnect ARG - The First Ethereum World's Fair! @devcon.org Rohan demoed our mobile app and clinical-grade wearable, as we get ready to launch our upcoming Patient Registry! ✨ 1/

This is big! Great to see VICE covering Long COVID! 🙏

LONG COVID LABS just set a new precedent in digital health and patient-led science. For the first time, a patient registry has achieved IRB approval while using blockchain tokens to reward participants—not with speculative crypto, but with meaningful governance power and real research impact. 1/

On the way to school my 7 year old said “Dad, I’m going to be a vet so I can take viruses out of animals” Then, after a pause “Is your virus going away with the new medicine?” If a kid can understand care that easily, why can’t we? It shouldn’t be complicated to be kind.

Wow... this is big. In the coming decade, we're going to be uncovering SO much about how viruses impact our biology - and how to treat them. 🦠 Epstein-Barr Virus --> lupus

The art and imagination shaped by people living with long COVID these past six years feels almost miraculous. And I keep wondering what we’ll create when this strange confinement finally breaks. I’m not sure the world is ready for the brightness waiting beyond it.

Looking forward to this X space today at 12 pm EST! 🕛 Our founder Rohan will be there as well, speaking about our upcoming Patient Registry. It's designed to create high-quality scientific evidence as to what works in Long COVID, STAT! 💊 See you there! ✨

🚨We need ✨root cause✨ treatments for Long COVID, STAT! NIH RECOVER-NEURO results demonstrate you can't treat brain fog if you don't understand what's causing it. We believe that for many, it's SARS-CoV-2 persistence - we need ways to treat and clear it, now!🧠

Such an important topic, thank you Chloé, @lisamccorkell.bsky.social @julialmv.bsky.social @leticiasaurus.bsky.social and coauthors for drawing attention to it! #LongCovid #MECFS

Thank you to the Irish Independent for this article and this is why so many folks are off sick. Sadly now six of my friends have long covid. This is a national crisis behind closed doors. www.independent.ie/life/health-...

Thymosin Alpha 1 & Long COVID Our team is curious if anyone out there has tried the peptide Thymosin Alpha 1 for Long COVID. We’re asking for research purposes (not endorsing a treatment ofc!). 1/

🚨This is so important: "After years of denial the international consensus is now shifting,” according to physicist @yaneerbaryam.bsky.social COVID-19 is: 🛑creating a 12.9% increase in workplace absences compared to pre-pandemic 🛑causing a 2% increase in excess deaths vs. pre-pandemic 1/

"This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough" "We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought." Source: archive.li/Op73F

New review in The Nurse Practitioner Journal raises awareness of #SARS-Cov-2 persistence in Long COVID! ✨ LC patients are ALL too familiar with the experience of seeking out help from medical professionals - only to be met with confusion and doubt over what this disease is. 1/

📢New study out of Mass General looks at microclots in kids with Long COVID 🩸 In this study, researchers examined blood samples from 59 children with Long COVID and 14 healthy controls. They found that the rates of microclots were SIGNIFICANTLY higher in the Long COVID patients. 1/

Highly recommend this review from Oba et al. on the current status of Long COVID research & treatment -- worth a read! ✨ Here, the authors outline the major hypotheses for the root causes of LC. The research community has largely been coalescing around these ideas in the last 1-2 years. 📊 1/

📣 New Clinical Trial Compares Efficacy of Paxlovid vs. Ensitrelvir Researchers in Thailand and Laos compared the rates of recovery from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection while patients were taking these two antiviral drugs: 1/

🚨New case study provides compelling evidence for a shocking conclusion: 👉Not only can the SARS-CoV-2 virus persist in the GI tract, but these chronic infections may eventually give rise to new variants of concern. 1/

Really enjoyed this insightful PBS News Hour with Long COVID advocate @meighanstone.bsky.social and leading researcher @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social! #LongCOVID www.pbs.org/video/long-c... 1/

✨ New study confirms tenofovir efficacy against SARS-CoV-2! (This includes Truvada!). ✨ In this study, researchers looked at two forms of the anti-HIV antiviral: tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). They found both drugs effective against the virus in-vitro! 1/

🚨Fascinating new analysis from @ucirvine.bsky.social researchers on the possible role of SARS-CoV-2 persistence in Long COVID: The authors outline several mechanisms by which the virus could remain in the human body and cause disease. 1/

🚨 New UNLOCK LC Consortium paper finds circulating nucleocapsid protein in Long COVID Patients AND Healthy Controls 👉Researchers found circulating nucleocapsid protein in 10/39 Long COVID patients, and 6/21 healthy controls. #longcovid #medsky #pedsky 1/ www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...