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Pathogens, Blood Clots and Nasty NETS: the PolyBio Long COVID Symposium Pt 2

Pathogens, Blood Clots and Nasty NETS: the PolyBio Long COVID Symposium Pt 2

Pathogens, Blood Clots and Nasty NETS: the PolyBio Long COVID Symposium Pt 2

by Cort Johnson | Jun 25, 2026 | Brain, Cardiovascular, Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Clotting, COVID-19, Craniocervical Instability, Endothelial Cells, Enterovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus, Gut, Homepage, Immune, Leaky gut, Natural Killer Cells, Neuroinflammation, Neutrophils, Pathogens, Research, Spine, T-cells

Geoff’s Narration The GIST Personal Update A Big Crash – I always feel compelled to explain what happened when the blogs suddenly stop for an extended time. This time it was a self-inflicted injury – which is a good thing, really. I am usually...

Visible At Last? Are Long COVID and ME/CFS Tissue Diseases? The PolyBio 2026 Symposium Pt I

Visible At Last? Are Long COVID and ME/CFS Tissue Diseases? The PolyBio 2026 Symposium Pt I

by Cort Johnson | Jun 17, 2026 | Astrocytes, Autonomic Nervous System, Biomarker, Brain, Brainstem, Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Cerebral Spinal Fluid Leaks, COVID-19, Craniocervical Instability, Gut, Homepage, Leaky gut, Neuroinflammation, Research, Spine, vagus nerve

Geoff’s Narration The GIST The 2026 PolyBio Spring Symposium – Pt I One way to gauge the health of a field is by the number of conferences/symposia it supports. From the looks of things, the long–COVID and ME/CFS fields are moving up: The...

Hitting the Target? ME/CFS and long COVID T-Cell Researchers on Uncovering the Precise Drivers of the Illnesses

Hitting the Target? ME/CFS and long COVID T-Cell Researchers on Uncovering the Precise Drivers of the Illnesses

by Cort Johnson | Jun 9, 2026 | Enterovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus, Gut Infection, Homepage, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Immune, long COVID, Lyme Disease (Borrelia), Metabolism, Pathogens, Research, T-cells

Dr. Selin and company believe they can solve one of the key mysteries of ME/CFS and long COVID: exactly why the T-cells are getting pummeled.

The Elephant in the Room: the NIH, Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS and Post-infectious Illnesses

The Elephant in the Room: the NIH, Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS and Post-infectious Illnesses

by Cort Johnson | Jun 5, 2026 | #MEAction, Advocacy, Dysautonomia International, Homepage, NIH

How are ME/CFS, long COVID, POTS and infectious diseases faring at the mighty NIH. Read this blog and find out.

Major Study Validates a Long COVID Autoimmune Subset

Major Study Validates a Long COVID Autoimmune Subset

by Cort Johnson | Jun 2, 2026 | Autoimmune, Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Brainstem, Cognition, Homepage, Immune, Locus coeruleus, long COVID, ME/CFS, Motor Cortex, Neuroinflammation, Research, Small Fiber Neuropathy, Somatosensory

A major study determines that autoimmunity is causing major symptoms in long COVID ultimately laying the groundwork for precision-guided treatments

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