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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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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Our latest News in Brief summary has headlines and links to further reading about ME/CFS, Long Covid, and related news for the week of May 25 - 31.
https://s4me.info/threads/news-in-brief-may-2026.50158/#post-696601
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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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(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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News Release 28-May-2026:
Mount Sinai scientists validate a link between autoimmunity in a subset of people with long COVID
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1129694
A causal link between autoantibodies and neurological symptoms in long COVID
https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(26)00509-X
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News Release 27-May-2026
"Long Covid burden continues to grow, doubling current surveillance estimates, multi-hospital study shows: Mass General Brigham-developed AI tool identified over 10 million cases undetected by existing diagnostic systems"
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1129452
“This work demonstrates how longitudinal clinical data in a health system can be structured and analyzed to support more consistent identification of complex post-viral conditions,”
Tom Kindlon
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