The COVID-19 Long Haul Foundation

Treatment, Referral & Educational Support for COVID-19 Illnesses & Vaccine Injury

COVID-19 and the Motor–Sensory Brain: Pathobiology, Microvascular Injury, Neurophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, Therapeutic Strategies, and Long-Term Outcomes

John Murphy, CEO COVID-19 Long-haul Founndation Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), initially characterized as a respiratory pathogen, is now recognized as a systemic vascular and neurotropic disease […]

NIH RECOVER Clinical Trials and the First Emergence of Interventional Results in Long COVID Research: A Translational Turning Point

A Scholarly Review for Scientific American (Submission-Style Manuscript) John Murphy, M.D., M.P.H., D.P.H., President, COVID-19 Long-Haul Foundation Abstract The NIH RECOVER Initiative represents the largest coordinated research program investigating post–acute […]

You Recovered From COVID, But Did Your Brain? New Scans Raise Questions

Research led by Kiran Thapaliya (Griffith University) Study Shows Structural Differences In COVID Patients Months After Infection, Even Among Those Who ‘Feel Fine’ In A Nutshell Brain scans of people […]

Neurovestibular Sequelae of Long COVID: A Multisystem Analysis of Vertigo, Genomic Resonance, and Clinical Consequence

Author: John Murphy, MD CEO & President, COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation Abstract Vertigo and disequilibrium are increasingly recognized as disabling sequelae of Long COVID, yet remain under-characterized in clinical literature. This […]

COVID Research Gaps and Future Directions: Standardization, Longitudinal Recovery, AI-Driven Biomarkers, and Policy Reform

Author: John Murphy, President, COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation Abstract Long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), remains a poorly defined and under-researched condition affecting millions globally. Despite its prevalence, […]

Treatment of Long-haul Disease (COVID-19) Autoimmune Encephalitis With Plasmapheresis

Tony Kamel • William Toppen • Yasaman Salahmand, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.85150  Abstract In December 2021, a 58-year-old unvaccinated woman with a past medical history of obesity presented to an outside hospital with severe coronavirus disease 2019 […]

Title: Neurological Adverse Events Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Five-Year Review of VAERS Signal Clusters and Implications for Long-Haul Syndromes

Author: John Murphy, The COVID-19 Long-haul Foundation Abstract From December 2020 through mid-2025, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) received over 1.3 million reports related to COVID-19 vaccines, including […]