News Release 11-Jun-2026

New study shows metformin given during acute COVID-19 infection reduced risk of clinician-diagnosed long COVID by 50%

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1131805

Full paper:
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciag335/8702406

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US research

Characterizing sleep disturbance phenotypes in long COVID: an EHR-based study from a safety-net hospital

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https://www.academia.edu/3070-3530/3/2/10.20935/AcadMedHealth8289

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From Germany 🇩🇪

Retinal microvascular alterations consistent with endothelial dysregulation in paediatric post-COVID-19 syndrome: A prospective matched-cohort study

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-54086-y

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Prioritizing long COVID related single nucleotide polymorphisms by mining genome-wide association studies of COVID-19 susceptibility and hospitalization

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/systems-biology/articles/10.3389/fsysb.2026.1797543/full

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Long Covid Advocacy @LongCovidAdvoc : Commentary on the Long Covid article by Alan Levinovitz in WIRED magazine

https://longcovidadvocacy.substack.com/p/commentary-on-the-long-covid-article

https://archive.is/20260601111253/https://www.wired.com/story/the-painful-truth-about-long-covid/

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Metformin on the Presence of COVID-19 Symptoms 6 Months after Infection: The ACTIV-6 Randomized Clinical Trial

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciag335

"Metformin did not exceed the primary outcome threshold for declaring efficacy for reducing PASC."

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From the US

"These findings challenge the hypothesis that preexisting mental health conditions are responsible for long‐COVID"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.70970

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Neural alterations in viral pneumonia patients comorbid with insomnia in a Chinese population: Insight from surface-based morphometry analysis

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032726008785

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From Australia 🇦🇺

Investigation of BOLD signal intensities in long COVID patients using 7T functional MRI

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666354626000992

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RECOVER Research Update: June 2026

“Recent publications from RECOVER describe the unique effects Long COVID can have on children, identify changes in the body that may contribute to Long COVID symptoms, and explain how RECOVER has tested possible treatments for different symptoms of Long COVID.”

https://recovercovid.org/news/recover-research-update-june-2026

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