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Raoul Schendel @raoullucas.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A team at Amsterdam UMC will test fluvoxamine (an SSRI) as a treatment for #PostCOVID in a phase III RCT. Fluvoxamine “may reduce PC symptoms because of its regulatory effect on the (neuro) immune system, the HPA axis and the tryptophan system.“ clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT073...

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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

BREAKING: The Department of Defense is funding a new clinical trials program for Long COVID with an initial grant of $8 million. Called PROBE-PASC, the program will focus on mechanistic trials that will study the disease’s underlying biology in tandem with testing treatments.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/01/2026

It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.

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Cathy Gao-Howard MD MS @catgaohow.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Two Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

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Sarah “Holly” Hollingsworth Lisanby, MD, DLFAPA @lisanby.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

A lot can change in 7 years, especially in the #neuromodulation field. Check out our new consensus review on #TMS for #depression, updating our 2018 review. It's endorsed by the National Network of Depression Centers, the Clinical TMS Society, and IFCN: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

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Sam Krimmel @samkrimmelneuro.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

It's shocking how little is known about the brainstem red nucleus. In our new paper “The human brainstem’s red nucleus was upgraded to support goal-directed action” out now in @naturecomms.bsky.social we show that current thinking on the red nucleus is in need of a serious upgrade. rdcu.be/ehbOy

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Dr. Angela M. Reiersen, MD, MPE @angelareiersen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Last participant in our long COVID fluvoxamine trial should be completing the trial today, March 15, 2025 (Long COVID awareness day!). We are days away from being able to see the results of this RCT!

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Our policy calls for proper funding for research into #LongCovid and post viral, chronic illnesses. #LongCovidAwarenessDay

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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Today is International Long COVID Awareness Day www.longcfoundation.org/ilca

MILLIONS SUFFERING.
INFECTIONS & REINFECTIONS.
NO MITIGATIONS. NO CURE.

CURE LONG COVID NOW

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Long Covid SOS @longcovidsos.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨 Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions. On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths. Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Gulf Today: 'British parents quit jobs to care for children with long COVID' 'Five years after the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic, these families feel invisible' "But I will never stop trying to get him better, no matter what it takes." www.gulftoday.ae/lifestyle/20...

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British parents quit jobs to care for children with long COVID

As a lively 11-year-old, Louise's son loved riding his bike, building outdoor dens, and swimming in the sea near his home on England's south coast. But then...

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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 15/03/2025

💗 Thank you everyone for your valuable advocacy & energy for #LongCovidAwarenessDay It shouldn't be necessary but because #LongCovid is: 🚨 Multisystem 🚨 Devastating 🚨 Biological And we are nowhere near effective treatments & care we still need to campaign because every life is precious

Digital graphic with centered composition. Top magenta text on a navy background. Central navy text block containing white text, including "Long Covid" arranged vertically. Cotton plant fragments bracket the text. Lower text links to "longcovidadvoc.com". Primary colors are magenta and navy giving digital and modern appearance. The left side has sticks or twigs.

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

On #LongCovidAwarenessDay I want to draw attention to the fact that many people are still living with the effects of Covid, and they often struggle to get the support they need. Government must do much more on research, support, and prevention.

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Dr Ben King 🌍 @benking01.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Wearing my @LongCovidSOS pin for #LongCovidAwarenessDay2025

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Riemerville @riemerville.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This is wonderful. Thank you, Science Magazine for elevating Long Covid Awareness #LongCovidAwarenessDay

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Dr. Angela M. Reiersen, MD, MPE @angelareiersen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

March 15 is long COVID Awareness Day. Some people have been dealing with long COVID for **5 YEARS** now. We need more RCTs testing repurposed drugs for treatment of long COVID!

A frame of coronaviruses in multiple colors surrounds a yellow and green "recycle" symbol made of 2 arrows going around in a circle and the words "Second Time Around". In the center of the circle are drawings of medication pills and capsules of various shapes and sizes. Also, there are red circles with a diagonal line through the middle covering some of the coronaviruses in the frame, symbolizing elimination of coronavirus infection and stopping long COVID.

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Dr. Angela M. Reiersen, MD, MPE @angelareiersen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

It's Long COVID Awareness Day. Why might women be more susceptible to long COVID than men? I suspect it might be in part due to women being more susceptible to autoimmune/inflammatory conditions triggered by viral infections. What do you think? www.refinery29.com/en-us/long-c...

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5 Years Later, Women Are Still Living With Long Covid

March 2020. Say that date, and everyone will shudder.

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Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Long Covid Awareness Day. We have to focus on what's going on regarding this raging pandemic. Long Covid is a worldwide disabling event, affecting millions upon millions of people. Also, let's remind people that you get Long Covid because you've been infected with sars2. Do wear a respirator!

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Cleaner Air Collective @cleanerairau.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Today is Long COVID Awareness Day. We recognise those living with LC and those caring for people with LC. We must all provide support and join the call for research and a remedy for LC. This Billboard was captured in Melbourne, Australia. #LongCovidAwarenessDay

Long Covid Awareness Day Billboard.

Text: International Long COVID Awareness Day
15th March 2025
Recognition, research, remedy.

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Holly Stortholme @hollystortholme.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Long Covid patients that I see are getting younger. Avoid infections, breathe clean air, wear a respirator. Covid is airborne.There’s no treatment for Covid or long covid. Covid damages organs, immune system, can maim and cause death. Mitigate! To LC patients- I see you. We stand together.

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Burnet Institute @burnetinstitute.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We stand in support of everyone who has experienced or continues to experience long COVID, this long COVID Awareness Day. We’re researching the impacts of COVID infections to help find answers and solutions to tackle long COVID. www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...

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Novel therapies for long COVID | Burnet Institute

Burnet continues its research into the longer-term impacts of respiratory infections.

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Covid increases the risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease... And around we go 🔥🔥 @realitycheckmarker.bsky.social

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Japan: "Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo and Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University said that they have developed a peptide that can bind to the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 to prevent COVID-19 infections." Source: archive.md/X3yVw

Japanese researchers develop peptide preventing COVID-19 infections.

Jan 23, 2025

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

"Women are at a higher risk of developing long Covid than men. However, men are more likely to suffer from severe Covid-19 infections and have higher mortality rates, according to a new JAMA study. More specifically, women are 1.31 times more likely to have long Covid than their male counterparts."

Are Women More Prone To Long Covid Than Men?

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Putrino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Feels like a good time for a thread about all things exercise for people living with infection (and exposure)-associated complex chronic illnesses (IACCs) such as #MECFS, #LongCOVID and chronic #Lyme /tick- and vector-borne illness. Let’s start with a trip down memory lane. 1/

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PolyBio Research Foundation @polybiorf.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

How do #persistentpathogens affect brain function? @putrinolab.bsky.social , Nash Family CoRE director & PolyBio scientist, explains: “MCAS or chemokines from systemic infections affect everything... Inflammation causes mitochondrial dysfunction, which leads to energy crisis [in the brain].”

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PolyBio Research Foundation @polybiorf.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

1/ PolyBio’s Dr. Sara Cherry asserts: “Treating [the lung] with either nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid) or molnupiravir, we clear the [SARS-CoV-2] infection by 10,000-fold… while nirmatrelvir clears the infection in intestinal cultures, molnupiravir has no activity.”

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Putrino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

these policies for political expediency rather than any real concern for public health, and tbh we need a lot less of that sort of performative chatter and a whole lot more action. We’re in this together and the people we SERVE deserve better. /end

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PolyBio Research Foundation @polybiorf.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

(1/2) PolyBio’s research director Dr. Amy Proal talked about #viruses as drivers of aging processes on Dr. Mike Lustgarten’s “Conquer Aging” podcast: youtu.be/Y1nLjjMd7xQ?...

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Viruses Contribute To Aging And Age-Related Diseases: Amy Proal, PhD

YouTube video by Conquer Aging Or Die Trying!

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

New: 2024 Update of the RECOVER-Adult Long COVID Research Index jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #LongCovid #PASC #PwLC 1/

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Dani cRabaiotti 🦀 @danirabaiotti.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 triggers diabetes by destroying pancreatic cells Very cool organoid model used to model how macrophage-mediated pyroptosis may contribute to beta cell death during SARS-CoV-2 & coxsackie B virus infections www.news-medical.net/news/2024091...

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Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 triggers diabetes by destroying pancreatic cells

Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have used a cutting-edge model system to uncover the mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, induces new cases of diabetes, and worsens c...

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

US: Long COVID may be far more common than previously known. "Almost 1 in 4 Americans may be suffering from long COVID, a rate more than 3 times higher than the most common number cited by federal officials" Study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Source: archive.md/VsBcm

Long COVID may be far more common than previously known

A new study from researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests racial disparities and the difficulty in diagnosing the condition may be leading to a massive undercount.

By Adam Piore Globe Staff, Updated November 16, 2024, 4:45 p.m.

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

A new issue of Science Magazine is dedicated to #LongCovid "The cover image symbolizes the burden that individuals with Long Covid bear as a consequence of infection with SARS-CoV-2" www.science.org/toc/stm/curr...

Covid image of Science, Translational Medicine edition on Long Covid

Weighed Down. The cover image symbolizes the burden that individuals with Long Covid bear as a consequence of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, red virion).

An illustration of a person with a large SARS-CoV-2 virion burdening them and being carried on their back

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Dr. Angela M. Reiersen, MD, MPE @angelareiersen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I believe this art started out with a photo of salt crystals at the bottom of a pan of water on my stove, which went through modifications on my iphone photo app, then was printed on wrapping paper, photographed again, modified using photo app again. Not sure where the original photo is.

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Dr. Angela M. Reiersen, MD, MPE @angelareiersen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Found a lentiform ink doodle with inner complexity on a paper in my basement from years ago (on the edge of some notes I probably took during a lecture) , then photographed it and modified the photo to make some new art.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 08/11/2024

📢 1.93 is rolling out now (2/5) To compose threads, start with your first post, then press the plus button!

A screenshot of the composer interface. The first post says “After you type something, you’ll see the plus appear below…”. The second post says “…and you can type your next post!”

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