John Murphy, The COVID 19 Long-haul Foundation Abstract Long COVID, a multifaceted syndrome emerging after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, has challenged conventional models of post-viral recovery. Among its many physiological disruptions, […]
Long COVID 2025: Symptoms, diagnosis, post-COVID treatments and the latest long COVID research
Welcome to the AMA Update video and podcast. Today, we’re talking about the latest on long COVID with Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, the Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University in […]
🧠 Long COVID and Sleep Disorders: Mechanisms, Brain Centers, and Therapeutic Advances (2025 Review)
Sleep disturbances have emerged as one of the most persistent and disruptive symptoms of Long COVID, affecting up to 40–76% of patients months after infection2. This article synthesizes 2025 peer-reviewed […]
COVID-19 targets human adrenal glands
Waldemar Kanczkowskia ∙ Katja Everte ∙ Marlena Stadtmüllerb ∙ et. al. COVID-19 develops due to infection with SARS-CoV-2, which particularly in elderly with certain comorbidities (eg, metabolic syndrome)1 can cause severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Some patients with […]
Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests
By: Mary Kekatos and Dr. Christopher Wachuku, ABC News For these people, surviving the coronavirus was the just beginning of fighting long-term symptoms and the road to recovery. More than 1 million […]
Long Covid: Hormone Imbalances and/or Rather Complex Immune Dysregulations?
Christian A Koch, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2024, bvae043, https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvae043 Approximately 5% of all individuals infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) do […]
10 weirdly specific signs you have high cortisol because of stress
By McKenzie Beard We all know stress messes with our heads, but did you know it can also wreak havoc on our bodies? Say hello to cortisol, the hormone released when […]
A Root Cause for ME/CFS, Long Covid, and Post-Vaccine COVID-19 Syndrome: Damaged Pituitary Glands
Dr. Bruno Paiva and Mr. Manuel Ruiz-Pablos, Hypocortisolemic ASIA: a vaccine- and chronic infection–induced syndrome behind the origin of Long Covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis (Frontiers in Immunology “The Solve Ramsay Research Grant […]
The Invisible Damage: How COVID Rewires Our Brains
By University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado Boulder scientists have discovered that proteins left by COVID-19 can significantly lower cortisol levels in the brain, leading to heightened immune responses to new […]
Long Covid explanation in new study possibly paves way for tests and treatments
Scientists say that drugs that calm a key part of the immune system should be studied in clinical trials as potential long Covid treatments. Long Covid impacts some adults’ blood […]