But researchers are pressing ahead with new clinical trials for more targeted treatments built on advances in our understanding of long covid. There’s now a large body of research on the condition.

The medical field still lacks a clear answer as to what constitutes long COVID, despite hundreds of published studies and ...

Scientists have found protein fragments from the COVID-19 virus hidden inside tiny cellular packages in the blood of long ...

There’s a host of pharmaceuticals that have promising off-label uses for long covid, said microbiologist Amy Proal, president and chief scientific officer at the Massachusetts-based PolyBio Research ...

After 28 days, they reassessed long COVID symptoms. Krumholz is especially excited about the PAX LC Trial's novel format, which eased the burden of participating in a clinical trial.

There is a need to consolidate various long COVID definitions to establish a standardized definition that ensures consistent recognition, documentation, diagnosis, and treatment, according to new ...

Without clinical trials, physicians specializing in treating long Covid must rely on hunches to guide their clinical decisions, says Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, the chief of research and development at the ...

For example, current long COVID clinical trials are testing 5 to 15 days of antivirals like Paxlovid. But treatment of persistent hepatitis C virus requires 8 to 12 weeks of antiviral therapy.

This article is published in collaboration with The Sick Times, an online publication covering long Covid. The clinical trial changed Shayna Bhalla’s life. After years with long Covid ...

Without clinical trials, physicians specializing in treating long COVID must rely on hunches to guide their clinical decisions, said Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, chief of research and development with the VA ...