Eliza James
@elizajames.bsky.social
n95’s + HEPA’s | Long COVID | MECFS
Our leadership & medical providers have failed us on c19
ANTI-profit-over-people
Our leadership & medical providers have failed us on c19
ANTI-profit-over-people
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Harvard researchers studied 143 Long COVID and 170 ME/CFS patients and found both groups showed nearly identical signs of brain blood flow issues, small nerve damage, and widespread autonomic failure.
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Shared autonomic phenotype of long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Introduction Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are relatively common and disabling multisystem disorders that share overlapping features, including post-infect...
journals.plos.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Harvard researchers studied 143 Long COVID and 170 ME/CFS patients and found both groups showed nearly identical signs of brain blood flow issues, small nerve damage, and widespread autonomic failure.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Researchers in South Korea found that SARS-CoV-2 selectively disrupts the brain’s orexin system, leading to lasting cortical neuron damage.
Boosting orexin levels reversed this effect, revealing a possible root of Long COVID fatigue and brain fog.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Boosting orexin levels reversed this effect, revealing a possible root of Long COVID fatigue and brain fog.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
January 24, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Researchers in South Korea found that SARS-CoV-2 selectively disrupts the brain’s orexin system, leading to lasting cortical neuron damage.
Boosting orexin levels reversed this effect, revealing a possible root of Long COVID fatigue and brain fog.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Boosting orexin levels reversed this effect, revealing a possible root of Long COVID fatigue and brain fog.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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🎯🎯🎯👇
😷 There are a group of people trying to shake everyone else awake, urgently trying to inform us that COVID-19 is ongoing and an existential threat.
"Normal isn't coming back. The question is how much more we're willing to lose before we accept that."
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#COVID #COVID19
"Normal isn't coming back. The question is how much more we're willing to lose before we accept that."
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#COVID #COVID19
The Schizophrenic Reality of a Pandemic That Never Ended
Five years into COVID-19, the world has moved on while the virus continues to disable millions. An examination of the ongoing pandemic, long COVID, and our collective failure to prevent a mass disabli...
brennan.day
January 21, 2026 at 4:06 AM
🎯🎯🎯👇
Reposted by Eliza James
At Hospital Clínico San Carlos, 157 patients with post-COVID condition showed impaired episodic memory across multiple tests.
Difficulties were found in learning, storing, and retrieving information, even with cues and recognition.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Difficulties were found in learning, storing, and retrieving information, even with cues and recognition.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Episodic memory deficits and processes in post-COVID condition - European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Cognitive dysfunction is one of the most prevalent symptoms in patients with post-COVID condition (PCC) and episodic memory has been highlighted as one of the most impaired cognitive domains in these ...
link.springer.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 PM
At Hospital Clínico San Carlos, 157 patients with post-COVID condition showed impaired episodic memory across multiple tests.
Difficulties were found in learning, storing, and retrieving information, even with cues and recognition.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Difficulties were found in learning, storing, and retrieving information, even with cues and recognition.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🎯🧵by @1goodtern.bsky.social on XTwitter:
"A couple of very important studies out just in the last 24 hours confirming what we've been saying for years and years now: Covid infections affect your immune system *badly*.
Here's a few..."
Full 86-tweet 🧵 (86!!!)
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"A couple of very important studies out just in the last 24 hours confirming what we've been saying for years and years now: Covid infections affect your immune system *badly*.
Here's a few..."
Full 86-tweet 🧵 (86!!!)
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January 19, 2026 at 2:34 AM
🎯🧵by @1goodtern.bsky.social on XTwitter:
"A couple of very important studies out just in the last 24 hours confirming what we've been saying for years and years now: Covid infections affect your immune system *badly*.
Here's a few..."
Full 86-tweet 🧵 (86!!!)
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20126...
"A couple of very important studies out just in the last 24 hours confirming what we've been saying for years and years now: Covid infections affect your immune system *badly*.
Here's a few..."
Full 86-tweet 🧵 (86!!!)
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USA:
Wasn't there an off-the-rails gathering of repub congress, w only a few who didn't attend? There were hints dropped of utter debauchery.
I keep wondering if this was a set up to keep R mouths closed...like, blackmail.
As so many suspect w other current high profile players at the moment.
Wasn't there an off-the-rails gathering of repub congress, w only a few who didn't attend? There were hints dropped of utter debauchery.
I keep wondering if this was a set up to keep R mouths closed...like, blackmail.
As so many suspect w other current high profile players at the moment.
January 8, 2026 at 10:42 PM
USA:
Wasn't there an off-the-rails gathering of repub congress, w only a few who didn't attend? There were hints dropped of utter debauchery.
I keep wondering if this was a set up to keep R mouths closed...like, blackmail.
As so many suspect w other current high profile players at the moment.
Wasn't there an off-the-rails gathering of repub congress, w only a few who didn't attend? There were hints dropped of utter debauchery.
I keep wondering if this was a set up to keep R mouths closed...like, blackmail.
As so many suspect w other current high profile players at the moment.
I briefly saw a post w a link about changing Google settings due to the recent changes. I can't locate that now.
Can someone assist?
Can someone assist?
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 AM
I briefly saw a post w a link about changing Google settings due to the recent changes. I can't locate that now.
Can someone assist?
Can someone assist?
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🚨🧵by @michaelryan756 on XTwitter on Covid, dopamine, & the impact on our brains...
"🔹The locus coeruleus is a tiny brainstem structure that acts like the brain’s on/off switch for alertness, threat response, and sleep stages.
🔹During REM sleep..."
Full 🧵
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"🔹The locus coeruleus is a tiny brainstem structure that acts like the brain’s on/off switch for alertness, threat response, and sleep stages.
🔹During REM sleep..."
Full 🧵
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January 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
🚨🧵by @michaelryan756 on XTwitter on Covid, dopamine, & the impact on our brains...
"🔹The locus coeruleus is a tiny brainstem structure that acts like the brain’s on/off switch for alertness, threat response, and sleep stages.
🔹During REM sleep..."
Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20070...
"🔹The locus coeruleus is a tiny brainstem structure that acts like the brain’s on/off switch for alertness, threat response, and sleep stages.
🔹During REM sleep..."
Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20070...
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"A reasonable accommodation is any change in the workplace or in the way things are usually done that provides equal opportunities for those with disabilities" -
#CleanTheAir
#Unions #WakeUp
#PreventLongCOVID
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
Via @kim2112.bsky.social
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#CleanTheAir
#Unions #WakeUp
#PreventLongCOVID
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
Via @kim2112.bsky.social
accesspress.org/long-covid-y...
Long COVID: Your rights at work | Access Press
People who live with Long COVID and are trying to remain part of the workforce need to know their rights. […]
accesspress.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
"A reasonable accommodation is any change in the workplace or in the way things are usually done that provides equal opportunities for those with disabilities" -
#CleanTheAir
#Unions #WakeUp
#PreventLongCOVID
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
Via @kim2112.bsky.social
accesspress.org/long-covid-y...
#CleanTheAir
#Unions #WakeUp
#PreventLongCOVID
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
Via @kim2112.bsky.social
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From ☝️
"As a historian I know what the government does to people it does not want to care for. And as a disabled community member, I see how poverty accelerates community members towards preventable deaths."
"As a historian I know what the government does to people it does not want to care for. And as a disabled community member, I see how poverty accelerates community members towards preventable deaths."
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
From ☝️
"As a historian I know what the government does to people it does not want to care for. And as a disabled community member, I see how poverty accelerates community members towards preventable deaths."
"As a historian I know what the government does to people it does not want to care for. And as a disabled community member, I see how poverty accelerates community members towards preventable deaths."
Welcome to the USA.
🎯🧵 by Dr @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social on Twitter:
"Im #OneOfTheTwo because Im already disabled, and I know nothing is capable of saving me in this capitalist hellscape. No govt, no partner, no family member can save me if I become too disabled to work..."
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"Im #OneOfTheTwo because Im already disabled, and I know nothing is capable of saving me in this capitalist hellscape. No govt, no partner, no family member can save me if I become too disabled to work..."
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20057...
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Welcome to the USA.
Reposted by Eliza James
Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny
Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Shaanxi’s Nuclear Industry 215 Hospital studied 2,000 COVID-19 patients and found at least 15% had bacterial coinfections.
In severe cases, nearly all infections were caused by drug-resistant K. pneumoniae or A. baumannii.
reference-global.com/article/10.3...
In severe cases, nearly all infections were caused by drug-resistant K. pneumoniae or A. baumannii.
reference-global.com/article/10.3...
Analysis of Bacterial Coinfections in Patients with Mild,...
This study aimed to analyze the clinical features and infection status of COVID-19 patients with bacterial infections in Shaanxi Province. A...
reference-global.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Shaanxi’s Nuclear Industry 215 Hospital studied 2,000 COVID-19 patients and found at least 15% had bacterial coinfections.
In severe cases, nearly all infections were caused by drug-resistant K. pneumoniae or A. baumannii.
reference-global.com/article/10.3...
In severe cases, nearly all infections were caused by drug-resistant K. pneumoniae or A. baumannii.
reference-global.com/article/10.3...
Reposted by Eliza James
Xiamen University scientists analyzed brain tissue from COVID-19 patients and found that infection changes how brain cells process mRNA, disrupting genes tied to memory, cognition, and psychiatric disease.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Single-cell alternative polyadenylation analysis reveals mechanistic insights of COVID-19-associated neurological and psychiatric effects
COVID-19 is associated with increased risks of neurological and psychiatric sequelae. Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is ubiquitous in human genes, resulting in mRNA diversity, and has been validate...
journals.plos.org
December 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Xiamen University scientists analyzed brain tissue from COVID-19 patients and found that infection changes how brain cells process mRNA, disrupting genes tied to memory, cognition, and psychiatric disease.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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McGill researchers followed 545 people with post-COVID syndrome for 15 months and found that severe fatigue stayed high in nearly half.
Only a small group improved. Milder fatigue tended to resolve, hinting at different underlying causes.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Only a small group improved. Milder fatigue tended to resolve, hinting at different underlying causes.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Change in Fatigue over 15 months in people the Post-Covid Syndrome
Objective The objective was to estimate unique patterns of change in fatigue in people with the Post-Covid Syndrome (PCS) over 15 months.
Design/Subjects The Quebec Action for Post-COVID (QAPC) study...
www.medrxiv.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
McGill researchers followed 545 people with post-COVID syndrome for 15 months and found that severe fatigue stayed high in nearly half.
Only a small group improved. Milder fatigue tended to resolve, hinting at different underlying causes.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Only a small group improved. Milder fatigue tended to resolve, hinting at different underlying causes.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Newcastle University studied 145 people with post-COVID fatigue and found those still fatigued after 200 days had worse symptoms, slower reactions, and signs of brain and muscle dysfunction.
Without recovery, neurophysiologic damage appears to build.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Without recovery, neurophysiologic damage appears to build.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Evidence of Accumulating Neurophysiologic Dysfunction in Persistent Post-COVID Fatigue
A major consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the emergence of post-COVID syndrome (PCS), and more specifically, post-COVID fatigue (pCF), with an estimated prevalence of ∼2%. We previously sh...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Newcastle University studied 145 people with post-COVID fatigue and found those still fatigued after 200 days had worse symptoms, slower reactions, and signs of brain and muscle dysfunction.
Without recovery, neurophysiologic damage appears to build.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Without recovery, neurophysiologic damage appears to build.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Medscape: 'Catch Up On 2025’s Top 5 Stories From Canada'
5. Canadian Cardiologists Must Step Up Care for Long COVID
'This story reminds readers that long COVID is still very much a condition that needs and deserves to be treated...'
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
5. Canadian Cardiologists Must Step Up Care for Long COVID
'This story reminds readers that long COVID is still very much a condition that needs and deserves to be treated...'
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Catch Up On 2025’s Top 5 Stories From Canada
Medscape News Canada leverages the most-read Canadian stories in 2025 and makes a list of the five that generate the most interest and, in some cases, controversy.
www.medscape.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Medscape: 'Catch Up On 2025’s Top 5 Stories From Canada'
5. Canadian Cardiologists Must Step Up Care for Long COVID
'This story reminds readers that long COVID is still very much a condition that needs and deserves to be treated...'
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
5. Canadian Cardiologists Must Step Up Care for Long COVID
'This story reminds readers that long COVID is still very much a condition that needs and deserves to be treated...'
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Great to see this sympathetic overview article in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Great to see this sympathetic overview article in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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“Screaming Immune Activation”: Major Lipkin Study Finds ME/CFS Systems Folding Under the Stress
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/09...
Screenshot from AMMES December 2025 newsletter
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/09...
Screenshot from AMMES December 2025 newsletter
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Screaming Immune Activation”: Major Lipkin Study Finds ME/CFS Systems Folding Under the Stress
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/09...
Screenshot from AMMES December 2025 newsletter
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/09...
Screenshot from AMMES December 2025 newsletter
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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Ok so if no one cares about the airborne virus that infects the lining of your blood vessels and breaks basically every part of your body, maybe they'll be interested in cleaning the air because it's also full of microplastics (those little threads floating in a sunbeam aren't pixie dust).
Every breath you take: High concentration of breathable microplastics in indoor environments
The widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in the air and their potential impact on human health underscore the pressing need to develop robust me…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ok so if no one cares about the airborne virus that infects the lining of your blood vessels and breaks basically every part of your body, maybe they'll be interested in cleaning the air because it's also full of microplastics (those little threads floating in a sunbeam aren't pixie dust).
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#SARSCoV2 spike protein causes synaptic dysfunction and p-tau and α-synuclein aggregation leading cognitive impairment: The protective role of metformin
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
#SARSCoV2 spike protein causes synaptic dysfunction and p-tau and α-synuclein aggregation leading cognitive impairment: The protective role of metformin
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID
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From the US:
Inflammation from mild COVID-19 results in persistent neurological and behavioral changes in rhesus macaques
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #NeuroPASC #COVIDBrain #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID
Inflammation from mild COVID-19 results in persistent neurological and behavioral changes in rhesus macaques
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #NeuroPASC #COVIDBrain #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
From the US:
Inflammation from mild COVID-19 results in persistent neurological and behavioral changes in rhesus macaques
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #NeuroPASC #COVIDBrain #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID
Inflammation from mild COVID-19 results in persistent neurological and behavioral changes in rhesus macaques
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovid #NeuroPASC #COVIDBrain #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID
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We already know all of this, but it's worth repeating:
"COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious disease, highlighting the long-term
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
"COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious disease, highlighting the long-term
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain - Griffith News
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious
news.griffith.edu.au
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
We already know all of this, but it's worth repeating:
"COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious disease, highlighting the long-term
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
"COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious disease, highlighting the long-term
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
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University of Pennsylvania scientists studied 22 people and found that COVID-19 vaccines trigger a highly diverse T cell response that can recognize at least 80% of possible mutations in a key viral target, helping defend against future variants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Resistance potential of the HLA-A2-restricted immunodominant SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cell receptor repertoire to antigenic drift - Nature Communications
It remains elusive whether the T cell repertoire will cover all point mutations of a major epitope. The authors here show that COVID vaccine–induced CD8⁺ T cells detect most YLQ peptide variants excep...
www.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
University of Pennsylvania scientists studied 22 people and found that COVID-19 vaccines trigger a highly diverse T cell response that can recognize at least 80% of possible mutations in a key viral target, helping defend against future variants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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'Long COVID Web: December 2025 Webinar'
'In this webinar, leading experts explore the neurological impacts of Long COVID and emerging therapeutic approaches...'
Features Dr. David Putrino & Dr. Avindra Nath
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9mf...
'In this webinar, leading experts explore the neurological impacts of Long COVID and emerging therapeutic approaches...'
Features Dr. David Putrino & Dr. Avindra Nath
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9mf...
Long COVID Web: December 2025 Webinar
YouTube video by Long COVID Web
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December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
'Long COVID Web: December 2025 Webinar'
'In this webinar, leading experts explore the neurological impacts of Long COVID and emerging therapeutic approaches...'
Features Dr. David Putrino & Dr. Avindra Nath
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9mf...
'In this webinar, leading experts explore the neurological impacts of Long COVID and emerging therapeutic approaches...'
Features Dr. David Putrino & Dr. Avindra Nath
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9mf...