From the US
Multi-omics analysis of long COVID (post-COVID-19 condition) reveals persistent mitochondrial dysfunction, suppressed oxidative phosphorylation, and immune dysregulation
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2026.1776555/full
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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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Check out the latest News in Brief (May 25 - 31) from the Science for ME forum, a weekly summary of ME/CFS & Long Covid news including research, advocacy, and coming events.
https://s4me.info/threads/news-in-brief-may-2026.50158/#post-696601
Interpreting hand grip strength in hospital employees with post-COVID syndrome compared to non-infected controls: a case-control study
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-51666-w
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From Germany
Immune Dysregulation and Persistent Symptoms: Insights into T Cell Dynamics in Post-COVID among Athletes from the CoSmo-S Study
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10875-026-02020-2
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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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US research
T-cell repertoire response in individuals with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.27.721205v1
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Thanks for posting!
News release for this study found here:
"Long Covid burden continues to grow, doubling current surveillance estimates, multi-hospital study shows"
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1129452
This study doesn't mention it but ME/CFS cases after COVID have increased:
"COVID-19 Triggers ME/CFS"
https://batemanhornecenter.org/covid-19-triggers-me-cfs/
So some percentage of these Long Covid cases meet ME/CFS diagnostic criteria.
A new Mass General Brigham-led study using AI to analyze electronic health records found that long COVID may be twice as common as current estimates, affecting more than 18 million Americans. The findings reveal major gaps in diagnostic coding-based surveillance, with more than 10 million cases likely uncounted and prevalence continuing to grow over time.
US research
Reduced cortical brain perfusion following COVID-19 infection: impact of COVID-19 severity and relation to memory performance
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2026.1575787/full
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(Perth, Western Australia)
"Help us understand how muscles work in Long COVID"
The latest Emerge Australia email bulletin includes this so they are obviously struggling to reach their recruitment target as they have been advertising it since at least January 2025
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