Editor’s note: A new report issued in November by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services provides an in-depth view of Long COVID based on the experience and knowledge of patients and very much in keeping with this earlier post. The report explores the varied impact of Long COVID on individual lives, including the […]
As recent episode of the Freakonomics M.D. podcast offers an update about the relationship between Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), debilitating conditions that share super-engaged patient populations as well as symptoms. According to Bapu Jena, M.D., Ph.D., host of Freakonomics M.D., ME/CFS first gained attention in the mid-1980s. Since then, the condition […]
In a recent blog post, Frances Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, highlights the work of the COVID Symptom Study, an international effort to support COVID-19 research with patient-reported health data. More than 4.6 million people are currently using the group’s smartphone app to contribute their data to the project. The […]