The ME-CFS community has been really helpful in learning how to manage long COVID. There is a wonderful app called Visible, which has been developed by long COVID patients in Silicon Valley. Many of the clinical trials that are underway and recruiting and have ethics,. many of those are not just for medicines in the traditional sense of the word.
Ian Sample hears from Scotland’s Astronomer Royal Catherine Heymans about her experience of long Covid and how it has impacted her life. He also speaks to Professor Danny Altmann, an immunologist at Imperial College London, about the current scientific understanding of the condition, and whether we’re any closer to a treatment.. Help support our independent journalism at
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