Science for ME: News in Brief
22 - 28 Jun 2026

🧵 of highlighted #MECFS and #LongCovid research papers discussed in the last week on the Science for ME forum.

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https://s4me.info/threads/news-in-brief-june-2026.50572/post-703083

News in Brief - June 2026

This thread has a Science for ME 'News in Brief' post for each week in June 2026 by a team including @Trish, @Kalliope, @ahimsa and @SNT Gatchaman. Scroll down to see this week's news.

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Long COVID risk by pre-infection symptoms and functional status: A retrospective cohort study of data from the All of Us Research Program

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0330793

Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update

Hashtags:
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #PostCovidSyndrome #LC #Covidlonghaulers #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
#Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 #auscovid19 #CovidIsNotOver

"Some Things I’ve Read Recently–FAIR on Wired; German Psychiatrists on LC and ME/CFS; UK’s ME/CFS Delivery Plan at One Year" By David Tuller @david

https://virology.ws/2026/06/27/trial-by-error-some-things-ive-read-recently-fair-on-wired-german-psychiatrists-on-lc-and-me-cfs-uks-me-cfs-delivery-plan-at-one-year/

#MEcfs #LongCovid #PwME @mecfs @longcovid

European covid concious community, I need you. My older brother has recently seen a photo of me masking in public and has asked me why I'm masking everywhere still. He's French and a bit older than me and I want to answer with facts that he can't just rebut. I don't want to tell him why, I want to show him why. However, most of the information I find is in English which is his third language. If I could find anything in French it'd be great, Spanish is still ok. I've been searching but I keep getting misinformation and it's hard to find an article that covers mask wearing as a legitimate tool of protection. Could anyone help?

#COVIDFRANCE #covideurope #covidconcious #covideuropa #maskup #longcovid

I am seeing great pics from Pride in #Minneapolis ... from my living room, as usual. My #LongCovid says heat and walking around just isn't a good idea. But Happy Pride to all!

#petition
#LongCovid
#mecfs

"We call upon the editors of WIRED Magazine to retract their recent article, "The Painful Truth About Long Covid," by Alan Levinovitz.

Below [in the petition] is a letter already sent to the WIRED editors. While our individual stories differ in the details, we join the author of this letter in the call for responsible journalism and the retraction of this damaging article."

https://c.org/nW6VhvThLM

Sign the Petition

WIRED Magazine, Retract "The Painful Truth About Long Covid"

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Guten Journalismus unterstützen - die @riffreporter crowdfunden gerade - vielleicht habt ihr ja auch ein paar Euro übrig?

Persönlich liegt mir vor allem die unabhängige und kritische Berichterstattung von @martinruecker zu #PostCovid #longCovid am Herzen
#CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver 👏🏼

https://www.startnext.com/riffreporter

RiffReporter bleiben dran

Sechs fehlende Perspektiven. Sechs gute Gründe. Ein großes Ziel: unabhängigen Journalismus sichern, der Menschen Orientierung gibt.

startnext.com
If the medical profession manages to retain its special status through the crisis of integrity it is facing over its role in spreading misinformation about COVID and #longCOVID (among other topics), it will be because of the efforts of MDs like this who put patient interests first.

#medsky #cdnpoli

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:opgoeq6fotd42kuykkwksehq/post/3mpakjtvno222

"Sick drag artists we miss you on stage" 💙❤️‍🩹

FreaKings at drag bloc @liegenddemo Berlin.

#mecfsawareness #longcovid #dragking #queer

Genetic association between LONG COVID and TMPRSS2 polymorphisms (rs12329760 and rs2070788) in Brazilian healthcare professionals

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2026.1731318/full

Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update

Hashtags:
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #PostCovidSyndrome