by Cort Johnson | Oct 29, 2022 | Cardiovascular, Clotting, COVID-19, Homepage, long COVID, Research
What’s a potential medical breakthrough without a little controversy? Resia Pretorius Ph.D., a South African researcher from the Stellenbosch University in South Africa, and her colleague Douglas Kell from the University of Liverpool, UK, are right in the thick...
by Cort Johnson | Oct 18, 2022 | Bacteriophages, Homepage, Pathogens
A study suggests that a high percentage of people with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are infected with a tick-borne Borrelia miyamotoi infection.
by Cort Johnson | Sep 22, 2022 | COVID-19, Gut, Homepage, long COVID, Microbiome, NIH, Research
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...
by Cort Johnson | Sep 13, 2022 | COVID-19, Homepage, long COVID
It’s nice to have a billionaire in your corner. Earlier this year, billionaire Vitalik Buterin pledged to devote $100 million to high-risk, high-reward COVID-19 efforts. He made good on at least $15 million of that when he jumpstarted The Long COVID...
by Cort Johnson | Aug 3, 2022 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Homepage, HPA axis, Inflammation, long COVID, Research
Low cortisol is "hugely predictive" for long COVID. Epstein-barr virus reactivation, T-cell exhaustion and other immune abnormalities are as well. Each has also been found in chronic fatigue syndrome.