Hyper-reactivity of CD8+ T cells and high expression of IL-3 correlates with occurrence and severity of Long-COVID

The diseases affect hundreds of thousands and are only little researched: Long Covid and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can lead to patients becoming nursing cases - which has enormous social consequences.

Hyper-reactivity of CD8+ T cells and high expression of IL-3 correlates with occurrence and severity of Long-COVID

Following SARS-CoV-2 infection, some individuals develop Long-COVID-syndrome lasting for more than 3 months. We analyzed blood samples from patients w…

When showering or cooking becomes torture: Hundreds of thousands of people in Germany suffer from the chronic exhaustion syndrome ME/CFS. A light action is also supposed to raise awareness of the disease in Lower Saxony today.

Hanover (dpa/lni) – When it comes to those affected, the incurable disease ME/CFS is too little researched and known. An international day is to draw attention to the chronic exhaustion syndrome – also in Lower Saxony. In a nationwide light campaign, the Ministry of Health in Hanover and several buildings in Osnabrück are to be illuminated blue this evening. The goal: to create visibility, the Ministry announced. "It is estimated that more than …

New clinical care guide for ME/CFS, Long COVID & IACCs

Clinical Care Guide: Managing ME/CFS, Long COVID & Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions (IACCs)   This clinical care guide has been developed by the OMF-supported Medical Education Resource Center (MERC) at Bateman Horne Center, Utah, USA. It aims to offer “a practical path forward—one grounded in clinical expertise, research, and the lived experience of patients. The Clinical Care Guide condenses decades of in-house clinical experience and h…