by Cort Johnson | Dec 24, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19, Homepage, long COVID, NIH
Emily Taylor of Solve ME/CFS Initiative reported that Congress has approved $1.15 billion (yes that’s a billion with a “B”) for the NIH to fund long-COVID research and clinical trials. $100 million will specifically be used for the rapid acceleration...
by Amber Ella | Dec 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Homepage, long COVID
Tips on getting disability for the COVID-19 long haulers from the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) community
by Cort Johnson | Dec 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Homepage, long COVID
The coronavirus presents both a curse and a potential blessing. The curse is obvious – millions sick, many dead, economies under siege, etc. The blessing is less obvious, but for people with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and other post-infectious diseases,...
by Cort Johnson | Oct 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Cytokines, Energy Production, Homepage, Immune, Infectious mononucleosis
An immune hole may have predisposed people to getting chronic fatigue syndrome and another study is underway to assess COVID-19 patients. A breakdown in the citric acid cycle is impairing energy production and producing increased lactate as well. Plus the blood of ME/CFS patients appears to contain a substance which triggers cells to use up energy and produce lactate....
by Cort Johnson | Oct 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Homepage, POTS
The Paradox An earlier blog focused on the “renin-aldosterone paradox” in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) regulates blood volume and a whole bunch of...
by Cort Johnson | Aug 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Cytokines, Homepage, long COVID
Could COVID-19 studies already be providing clues about what went wrong with the long haulers and people with post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia and other diseases? Two articles in the New York Times – a feature length one,...