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Thanks to everyone for the interest in the work we are doing using combination antivirals #LongCOVID. As I mentioned, this first case series publication is a beginning, not an end - there is much more work to be done. To that end, we're pleased to
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PridCor Therapeutics Advances SHIELD Study Through Dual Regulatory and Scientific Milestones With Peer-Reviewed Publication and FDA IND Exemption for Long COVID Program
PridCor Therapeutics advances its SHIELD Long COVID study with a peer-reviewed publication and FDA confirmation of IND exemption....
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January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Thanks to everyone for the interest in the work we are doing using combination antivirals #LongCOVID. As I mentioned, this first case series publication is a beginning, not an end - there is much more work to be done. To that end, we're pleased to
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Great win early in the year to receive notification that our case series looking into Dr Pridgen’s Valacyclovir, Celecoxib and Paxlovid protocol seems to really help some folks with #LongCOVID. This paper is a start, not the be-all and end-all:
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January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Great win early in the year to receive notification that our case series looking into Dr Pridgen’s Valacyclovir, Celecoxib and Paxlovid protocol seems to really help some folks with #LongCOVID. This paper is a start, not the be-all and end-all:
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Wishing everyone a happy new year and we will be forging ahead in 2026 with renewed energy to find answers for people living with #LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme and other infection-associated chronic conditions and illnesses. Speaking for myself, here are some questions I
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January 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Wishing everyone a happy new year and we will be forging ahead in 2026 with renewed energy to find answers for people living with #LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme and other infection-associated chronic conditions and illnesses. Speaking for myself, here are some questions I
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Respectfully Jon Stewart, you were wrong on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to mock people who mask. ICYMI: there are tens of millions of Americans who have been disabled by #LongCOVID and must do everything in their power to prevent further infections that make them vulnerable to further
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December 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Respectfully Jon Stewart, you were wrong on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to mock people who mask. ICYMI: there are tens of millions of Americans who have been disabled by #LongCOVID and must do everything in their power to prevent further infections that make them vulnerable to further
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Our manual, developed with support from expert clinicians and researchers at CoRE & valued partners, is now available on the HHSGov website under "Living Evidence Guidelines" for #chronicLyme. It also details clinical guidelines for #mecfs, #longcovid, #hEDS and more! 🙏🏻
hhs.gov/lyme/index.html
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December 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Our manual, developed with support from expert clinicians and researchers at CoRE & valued partners, is now available on the HHSGov website under "Living Evidence Guidelines" for #chronicLyme. It also details clinical guidelines for #mecfs, #longcovid, #hEDS and more! 🙏🏻
hhs.gov/lyme/index.html
hhs.gov/lyme/index.html
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Friendly reminder - Join us tomorrow for our webinar, 'Insights from #LongCOVID Clinical Research and Therapeutic Approaches' featuring Dr. David Putrino @putrinolab.bsky.social & Dr. Avindra Nath.
Date: Tue, Dec 16, 2025
Time: 1:00–2:00 PM ET
Register: bit.ly/4owbERF
#LongCOVIDWeb
Date: Tue, Dec 16, 2025
Time: 1:00–2:00 PM ET
Register: bit.ly/4owbERF
#LongCOVIDWeb
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Friendly reminder - Join us tomorrow for our webinar, 'Insights from #LongCOVID Clinical Research and Therapeutic Approaches' featuring Dr. David Putrino @putrinolab.bsky.social & Dr. Avindra Nath.
Date: Tue, Dec 16, 2025
Time: 1:00–2:00 PM ET
Register: bit.ly/4owbERF
#LongCOVIDWeb
Date: Tue, Dec 16, 2025
Time: 1:00–2:00 PM ET
Register: bit.ly/4owbERF
#LongCOVIDWeb
A bit late to the party about sharing this news, but so excited to be announcing our open-label trial of tafenoquine for treating chronic babesiosis! Babesia is a parasite that is often carried by ticks and it is a common co-infection alongside #lyme.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A bit late to the party about sharing this news, but so excited to be announcing our open-label trial of tafenoquine for treating chronic babesiosis! Babesia is a parasite that is often carried by ticks and it is a common co-infection alongside #lyme.
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
RIP @sfdirewolf.bsky.social. Your fierce advocacy and powerful legacy will never be forgotten, and we won't stop fighting for everything you championed.🙏😔
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
RIP @sfdirewolf.bsky.social. Your fierce advocacy and powerful legacy will never be forgotten, and we won't stop fighting for everything you championed.🙏😔
#LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme scientists and clinicians: This energy! Bring it each day someone tries to force you to follow the status quo, bring it each time someone tries to slow you down just because their insecure ass can't keep up. People are depending on us. Move faster! Show urgency!
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme scientists and clinicians: This energy! Bring it each day someone tries to force you to follow the status quo, bring it each time someone tries to slow you down just because their insecure ass can't keep up. People are depending on us. Move faster! Show urgency!
Hi all, across our six centers serving people with spinal cord injury, stroke, TBI, #LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme, new parents, cerebral palsy and many other conditions, roughly 20% are dependent on SNAP benefits for survival. So we're trying to pull together a food drive! 1/
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hi all, across our six centers serving people with spinal cord injury, stroke, TBI, #LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme, new parents, cerebral palsy and many other conditions, roughly 20% are dependent on SNAP benefits for survival. So we're trying to pull together a food drive! 1/
Delighted to receive this in the mail yesterday and congrats to Giorgia Lupi on getting this out. THANK YOU for taking time to discuss #LongCOVID and the need for accurate, inclusive and honest representation of the people we collect our data from. Amazing work. 🙏🏻
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Delighted to receive this in the mail yesterday and congrats to Giorgia Lupi on getting this out. THANK YOU for taking time to discuss #LongCOVID and the need for accurate, inclusive and honest representation of the people we collect our data from. Amazing work. 🙏🏻
This paper was published last week about #COVID, #LongCOVID and its parallels. First, despite the provocative title, I urge people to read the paper the whole way through, rather than making assumptions about what you presume the paper will conclude.
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https://www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S2773-0654(25)00146-4/fulltext
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October 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This paper was published last week about #COVID, #LongCOVID and its parallels. First, despite the provocative title, I urge people to read the paper the whole way through, rather than making assumptions about what you presume the paper will conclude.
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Great to see this published and out there. It's a simple paper that shows us that folks with #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other complex chronic illnesses can benefit from using symptom tracking apps like Visible, designed FOR patients, BY patients.
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Frontiers | Wearable technology in the management of complex chronic illness: preliminary survey results on self-reported outcomes
IntroductionComplex chronic illnesses like Long Covid (LC) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) are marked by fluctuating symptoms...
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October 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Great to see this published and out there. It's a simple paper that shows us that folks with #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other complex chronic illnesses can benefit from using symptom tracking apps like Visible, designed FOR patients, BY patients.
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#Reinfections are not harmless.
As #LongCOVID researcher, David Putrino, said "There is no such thing as a #COVID infection without consequence" -
@putrinolab.bsky.social
#Reinfections are not harmless.
As #LongCOVID researcher, David Putrino, said "There is no such thing as a #COVID infection without consequence" -
@putrinolab.bsky.social
I haven't seen one single study that shows it's harmless to keep getting Covid again & again. But there are thousands of peer-reviewed studies that document long-term harms
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#Reinfections are not harmless.
As #LongCOVID researcher, David Putrino, said "There is no such thing as a #COVID infection without consequence" -
@putrinolab.bsky.social
#Reinfections are not harmless.
As #LongCOVID researcher, David Putrino, said "There is no such thing as a #COVID infection without consequence" -
@putrinolab.bsky.social
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Understanding Micro Clots | The Sticky Protein Behind Long COVID Symptoms.
Prof David Putrino explains why you're testing normal
#longcovid #longhauler #longcovidtheanswers @putrinolab.bsky.social
Prof David Putrino explains why you're testing normal
#longcovid #longhauler #longcovidtheanswers @putrinolab.bsky.social
Understanding Micro Clots | The Sticky Protein Behind Long COVID Symptoms. Prof David Putrino explai
YouTube video by Long Covid The Answers
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October 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Understanding Micro Clots | The Sticky Protein Behind Long COVID Symptoms.
Prof David Putrino explains why you're testing normal
#longcovid #longhauler #longcovidtheanswers @putrinolab.bsky.social
Prof David Putrino explains why you're testing normal
#longcovid #longhauler #longcovidtheanswers @putrinolab.bsky.social
Two new #BCI preprints hot off the press as we wrap up our first-in-human trial testing safety and feasibility of @synchron’s Stentrode implant. The first paper, led by the incredible @chettaaay and @dougweberlab shows us the stability of the recordings
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Signal properties and stability of a chronically implanted endovascular brain computer interface
Background Implanted brain-computer interfaces (iBCIs) establish direct communication with the brain and hold the potential to enable people with severe disability to achieve control of digital device...
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October 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Two new #BCI preprints hot off the press as we wrap up our first-in-human trial testing safety and feasibility of @synchron’s Stentrode implant. The first paper, led by the incredible @chettaaay and @dougweberlab shows us the stability of the recordings
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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10 yrs ago l got to meet Daryl Davis after hearing him speak. In times like these I find myself reflecting on whether his style of advocacy can still work in 2025? I happen to believe that it still can. “When two enemies are talking they aren’t fighting”
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How One Man Convinced 200 Ku Klux Klan Members To Give Up Their Robes
One by one, Daryl Davis has befriended KKK members over the past 30 years. The more they got to know the African-American musician, the more they realized the Klan was not for them.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
10 yrs ago l got to meet Daryl Davis after hearing him speak. In times like these I find myself reflecting on whether his style of advocacy can still work in 2025? I happen to believe that it still can. “When two enemies are talking they aren’t fighting”
www.npr.org/2017/08/20/5...
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Timely @TheLancet paper about #Longcovidkids, showing that risk of developing #LongCOVID effectively doubles in kids after their second infection.
Now do third, fourth, nth infections…
“We knew how to protect you, and we didn’t”
🤔 sound familiar?
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Now do third, fourth, nth infections…
“We knew how to protect you, and we didn’t”
🤔 sound familiar?
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Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study
Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes
after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking
paediatric long COVID to multisyst...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Timely @TheLancet paper about #Longcovidkids, showing that risk of developing #LongCOVID effectively doubles in kids after their second infection.
Now do third, fourth, nth infections…
“We knew how to protect you, and we didn’t”
🤔 sound familiar?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Now do third, fourth, nth infections…
“We knew how to protect you, and we didn’t”
🤔 sound familiar?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A few days out from #UNGA80, I wanted to reflect on the session we took part in and the media responses since. Mount Sinai was one of the 150 organizations that signed the global pledge to advocate for healthy indoor air. The event itself featured four panels of speakers who
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September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A few days out from #UNGA80, I wanted to reflect on the session we took part in and the media responses since. Mount Sinai was one of the 150 organizations that signed the global pledge to advocate for healthy indoor air. The event itself featured four panels of speakers who
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This piece for @thesicktimes.org about people with Long COVID receiving diagnoses of funcitonal neurological disorder...
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Long COVID is not FND, but some patients are getting diagnosed with it. Here’s what to do if it happens to you. - The Sick Times
Some people with Long COVID are receiving potentially unhelpful diagnoses of functional neurological disorder (FND), a condition in which people experience neurological symptoms that cannot be attribu...
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September 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This piece for @thesicktimes.org about people with Long COVID receiving diagnoses of funcitonal neurological disorder...
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Incredible talk here at the #UNGA80 #indoorair call to action from our very own Violet Affleck! Reminding us that #longcovid affects all of us, the #covid19 pandemic is ongoing and we have failed to protect our children. Thank you, Violet, for speaking the truth to this room 🙏🏻
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Incredible talk here at the #UNGA80 #indoorair call to action from our very own Violet Affleck! Reminding us that #longcovid affects all of us, the #covid19 pandemic is ongoing and we have failed to protect our children. Thank you, Violet, for speaking the truth to this room 🙏🏻
I know a lot of folks were asking, so here is last week's RECOVER-TLC programming freely available on youtube:
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I sincerely hope that the NIH will be taking action on some of the ideas I expressed here for use of monoclonals in #LongCOVID research.
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I sincerely hope that the NIH will be taking action on some of the ideas I expressed here for use of monoclonals in #LongCOVID research.
Pathways to Treatments, second annual RECOVER-TLC workshop - YouTube
This workshop updated the community on the progress made so far through RECOVER-TLC and solicited feedback on key aspects that will be essential for successf...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I know a lot of folks were asking, so here is last week's RECOVER-TLC programming freely available on youtube:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I sincerely hope that the NIH will be taking action on some of the ideas I expressed here for use of monoclonals in #LongCOVID research.
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I sincerely hope that the NIH will be taking action on some of the ideas I expressed here for use of monoclonals in #LongCOVID research.
Happy to share some new #LongCOVID data that went to pre-print today. Before we begin breaking this down, one caveat: this work MUST be validated by a well-powered placebo-controlled randomized controlled trial before we can get too excited, but this is
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Comparison of IMC-2 alone and IMC-2 and Paxlovid® shows substantial short and long-term efficacy in reducing symptoms of Long COVID with combination therapy: a case series
IntroductionLong COVID (LC), an infection-associated chronic illness (IACI) with no currently approved treatments. In order to address SARS-CoV-2 persistence and herpesvirus reactivation, which have b...
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September 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Happy to share some new #LongCOVID data that went to pre-print today. Before we begin breaking this down, one caveat: this work MUST be validated by a well-powered placebo-controlled randomized controlled trial before we can get too excited, but this is
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Solve & @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social co-hosted a webinar series on Severe ME. In this ep. dedicated to removing barriers to research for people with #SevereME, sabrinapoirier.bsky.social & @putrinolab.bsky.social discuss how patients are reshaping research.
Watch: https://ow.ly/xcAE50WNhXP
Watch: https://ow.ly/xcAE50WNhXP
August 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Solve & @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social co-hosted a webinar series on Severe ME. In this ep. dedicated to removing barriers to research for people with #SevereME, sabrinapoirier.bsky.social & @putrinolab.bsky.social discuss how patients are reshaping research.
Watch: https://ow.ly/xcAE50WNhXP
Watch: https://ow.ly/xcAE50WNhXP