The Good, the Bad, and the Strange: the RECOVER Initiative Long COVID Grants
From the beginning, the RECOVER Initiative has focused on building out the massive infrastructure needed to follow and study approximately 18,000 participants. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent creating the main thrust of the Initiative. About a year...
Counterpoint: Yes, Long COVID is Helping Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)…
This is a response to Alice’s thoughtful blog, “No, long COVID is not helping ME/CFS – and we should stop pretending that it is…” No, Long Covid is Not Helping People with ME… Alice’s blog was carefully written. She wrote,...
No, Long Covid is Not Helping People with ME…
Can we please stop pretending that it is? Note: In the following text I refer to “ME” to mean “ME not caused by Covid”. This is not technically correct, but done for simplicity. Prior to covid, there was little hope for people with ME. Less than 5% recover & it is...
A Reckoning for ME/CFS – Is it Finally Here? Thoughts on Ed Yong’s Article
Ed Yong, a science writer for the Atlantic, has a talent for getting to the heart of the matter. During the coronavirus pandemic, he’s often seemed a step or two ahead of his colleagues. His trenchant reporting has landed him a bunch of awards: the Pulitzer Prize in...
Suzanne Vernon Ph.D. on the RECOVER Initiative and ME/CFS, Peroxisomes, the Gut, Viral Persistence and Upcoming Treatment Trials
Suzanne Vernon’s interest in pathogens and post-infectious diseases goes back to when, as a 20-year-old, she landed a work-study job at the CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases while an undergraduate at Colorado State University. Ten years later with...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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