by Cort Johnson | Dec 17, 2025 | Complement , COVID-19 , Cytokines , Drugs , Homepage , Immune , Inflammation , Interferons , JAK_STAT Inhibitors , Metabolism , Monocytes , Natural Killer Cells , Oxidative Stress , Pathogens , Research , T-cells , Treatment
Harvard researchers find an activated and exhausted immune system in long COVID patients - and begin a drug trial to try to fix it.
by Cort Johnson | Jul 18, 2025 | B-cells , Drugs , Homepage , Immune , Inflammation , Interferons , Monoclonal antibodies , Natural Killer Cells , Treatment
A B-cell depleter called daratumumab does well in an early trial in ME/CFS. A larger trial is underway.
by Cort Johnson | Oct 24, 2023 | Basal Ganglia , COVID-19 , Gut , Homepage , Interferons , long COVID , Metabolism , Research , Serotonin , Tryptophan , vagus nerve
A massive study suggested that infection triggered low serotonin levels in long COVID and other post-infectious disease may play a key role in these diseases.
by Cort Johnson | Sep 9, 2022 | Autoimmune , Cardiovascular , Endothelial Cells , Fibromyalgia and Pain , Heparin , Homepage , Interferons , long COVID , Oxidative Stress
A focus on blood clots and impaired blood flows in long COVID is opening new treatment options for chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia as well.
by Cort Johnson | Feb 23, 2022 | COVID-19 , Homepage , Immune , Interferons
A model proposes that people with low IgG3 levels, high symptom levels and asthma are more likely to come down with long COVID.
by Cort Johnson | Aug 26, 2013 | Fibromyalgia and Pain , Immune , Inflammation , Interferons , Mast cell activation syndrome
Has an inexpensive diagnostic test for fibromyalgia been found?