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Live data60 most recent long COVID papers from PubMed (fetched 2026-10-11). Titles link to PubMed. Listing a paper is not an endorsement.

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  1. Cognitive fatigue is related to reduced cerebral perfusion and sustained attention in patients with post COVID-19 condition: An fMRI study.
    Neuroimage. Reports · 2026 Dec · Hedberg SM, Borg K, Stenberg J et al.
  2. Association of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination with fatigue and functional recovery in patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC).
    Expert review of vaccines · 2026 Dec · Pries P, Fuge J, Scharbau M et al.
  3. Does COVID-19 Vaccination Protect Against Post-COVID Cardiovascular Conditions?
    Reviews in medical virology · 2026 Nov · Maria LFBS, Naves MCX, Duarte EC et al.
  4. Hair cortisol concentration and basal heart rate variability differentiate long COVID from depressive disorders in youth.
    Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026 Nov · Oehlke SM, Lozar A, Goreis A et al.
  5. Remnant virus proteins sustain vascular inflammation post coronavirus infection in mice and humans.
    Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2026 Oct 14 · Gibler P, Salzmann M, Boccuni L et al.
  6. Associations between subjective cognitive difficulties, cognitive test performance, psychiatric symptoms, and quality of life in pediatric long COVID.
    The Clinical neuropsychologist · 2026 Oct 10 · Davis A, Vargas G, Parker K et al.
  7. Insights into the pathophysiology of post-COVID lung disease from the perspective of histopathology.
    Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology · 2026 Oct 10 · Menter T, Mertz K, Tzankov A
  8. Long-COVID Associated With Incident Hypertension: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
    Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026 Oct 10 · Lindberg P, Wiqvist S, Lee S et al.
  9. Long COVID in Primary Care: A Practical Approach to Evaluation and Management.
    Journal of general internal medicine · 2026 Oct 9 · Chopra A, Bonilla HF, Cheng AL
  10. COVID-19 infection and Hong Kong elementary children's Chinese and English reading proficiencies: Parent-reported proficiency versus performance-based reading tests.
    PloS one · 2026 · Myat Kyaw HM, Li Y, Chan DKC et al.
  11. Trends in long COVID and post-viral fatigue in children in primary care in England.
    BJGP open · 2026 Oct 8 · Raveendran V, Thorne C, Jackson C et al.
  12. Health Care Expenditures and Cost-Sharing Before and After Long COVID: Three-Year Evidence From a Statewide Multi-Payer Cohort.
    Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2026 Oct 8 · DeVoss R, Carlton EJ, Perraillon MC
  13. Exploratory clinical and immunological changes following Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab administration in immunodeficient patients with SARS-CoV-2-associated ME/CFS and persistent circulating spike protein.
    Immunology letters · 2026 Oct 7 · Seidel M, Anft M, Wiemers L et al.
  14. Reply to letter "Inflammatory Biomarkers in Long COVID: From Cross-Sectional Association to Claims of Prediction".
    Kidney & blood pressure research · 2026 Oct 7 · Perna A, Borriello M, Signoriello G et al.
  15. Correction: The Current and Future Burden of Long COVID in the United States.
    The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026 Oct 6 ·
  16. Notice of Retraction and Republication: The Effect of Fluvoxamine and Metformin for Fatigue in Patients With Long COVID: An Adaptive Randomized Trial.
    Annals of internal medicine · 2026 Oct 6 · Reis G, Dos Santos Moreira Silva EA, Medeiros Silva DC et al.
  17. Notice of Retraction and Republication: Summary for Patients: Fluvoxamine and Metformin for Fatigue in Patients with Long COVID.
    Annals of internal medicine · 2026 Oct 6 ·
  18. Summary for Patients: Fluvoxamine and Metformin for Fatigue in Patients With Long COVID.
    Annals of internal medicine · 2026 Oct 6 ·
  19. Effect of Fluvoxamine and Metformin for Fatigue in Patients With Long COVID : An Adaptive Randomized Trial.
    Annals of internal medicine · 2026 Oct 6 · Reis G, Dos Santos Moreira Silva EA, Medeiros Silva DC et al.
  20. Inflammatory Biomarkers in Long COVID: From Cross-Sectional Association to Claims of Prediction.
    Kidney & blood pressure research · 2026 Oct 5 · Delrue C, Speeckaert M
  21. Persistent Borrelia burgdorferi protein antigen in CD16 (+) monocytes is associated with monocyte-skewed immune dysregulation in post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS).
    medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026 Oct 1 · Patterson BK, Francisco EB, Castaño N et al.
  22. Booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine and its effectiveness against post COVID-19 condition in individuals with pre-existing immunity: a sequential propensity score-matched cohort study.
    EClinicalMedicine · 2026 Oct · Morris L, Bülow E, Li H et al.
  23. Persistent endothelial dysfunction is associated with exercise intolerance in adults despite preserved myocardial work 3 years after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
    Physiological reports · 2026 Oct · de Araújo Alves CC, Goulart CDL, D'Ávila L et al.
  24. [Diagnosis of Long Covid/Post Covid in Primary Care Settings - Recognition, Classification, and Differentiation].
    MMW Fortschritte der Medizin · 2026 Oct · Stengel S, Lindner N
  25. Deep learning survival analysis with time-varying covariates: extending PyCox to assess COVID-19 antiviral treatments and long-COVID associations.
    JAMIA open · 2026 Oct · Baik SH, Xian H, Baye F et al.
  26. Associations of age, COVID-19 vaccination, and SARS-CoV-2 infection history with health-related quality of life in a community-based longitudinal cohort in Singapore.
    Journal of infection and public health · 2026 Oct · Huang Z, Se Soh AM, Zeng K et al.
  27. Delayed diagnosis, greater disease burden: primary aldosteronism in a Brazilian cohort.
    Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026 Oct · Montozo JL, Elias PCL, Alexandre AE et al.
  28. Antiviral Antibody Fc Dysfunction Is Linked to Increased IgG1 Fucosylation in Long COVID.
    medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026 Sep 29 · Ukey R, Michailidis IE, Greenberg P et al.
  29. Whole-genome methylation sequencing uncovers PASC signature elicited by T4 lymphocytes, shared with pulmonary fibrosis risk.
    JCI insight · 2026 Sep 29 · Madrid A, Balnis J, Drake LA et al.
  30. Autoantibody landscapes in Long COVID with neurological symptoms show heterogeneity without a shared disease signature.
    JCI insight · 2026 Sep 29 · Chakravarty D, Dandekar R, Lashkari VD et al.
  31. Risk factors of post-COVID-19 symptoms, a cross-sectional study in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease.
    NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2026 Sep 29 · Andreason A, Ställberg B, Lisspers K et al.
  32. Microtesla magnetic therapy for cognitive impairment in long COVID: a randomized pilot study.
    Brain communications · 2026 · Canori A, Watson E, Patel D et al.
  33. Severity of activity limitation and prevalence of long COVID: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of adults in Scotland.
    Tropical medicine and health · 2026 Sep 28 · Adebisi YA, Aldosari MS, Alsamiri YA et al.
  34. The securitization of global slow-onset risks/threats: long COVID, a case study.
    Globalization and health · 2026 Sep 28 · Finkelstein P
  35. Co-Designing an Online Narrative-Based Intervention for Breathing and Psychological Wellbeing for Adolescents With Post-COVID Syndrome.
    Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2026 Sep 28 · Wells C, Sonnappa S, Salvo T et al.
  36. Structured, expert-informed selection and harmonization of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in a German multicenter network: the post-COVID syndrome use case.
    Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026 Sep 25 · Hanc E, Koller K, Herold R et al.
  37. Within-person variability and the minimal important difference of the EQ-VAS in adults with post-COVID-19 condition: a secondary analysis of data from a single-centre randomised controlled trial.
    BMJ open · 2026 Sep 25 · Kopp J, Ballouz T, Menges D et al.
  38. Somatosensory processing in long COVID fatigue and its relations with physiological and psychological factors.
    Experimental physiology · 2026 Sep 25 · Thomas B, Pattinson R, Cunningham G et al.
  39. Knowing or not knowing: the practical and moral complexity of diagnostic-seeking pathways in situations of medical uncertainty.
    Anthropology & medicine · 2026 Sep 25 · Greco C, Cross S
  40. A cognitive architecture for Long COVID: the interplay of brain fog, fatigue, attention and memory.
    Brain communications · 2026 · Higgins D, Zhao S, Husain M et al.
  41. Iatrogenic Bilateral Sequential Ocular Sympathetic (Horner Syndrome) Turned Bilateral Parasympathetic Pupil Involvement Associated with Long Coronavirus-Related Dysautonomia: A Case Report.
    Case reports in ophthalmology · 2026 Jan-Dec · Wang CY, Dunnigan JK, Arogundade EO et al.
  42. DNA methylation: unifying framework for complex chronic conditions.
    Trends in genetics : TIG · 2026 Sep 24 · Sharma S, Rodger EJ, Chatterjee A et al.
  43. Single-cell multi-omics show disruption of blood and airway T cells in pulmonary long COVID.
    The European respiratory journal · 2026 Sep 24 · Guinto E, Kuo IC, Chopra S et al.
  44. Supporting the psychosocial well-being of patients with Long COVID: patient-informed strategies from a qualitative study.
    Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026 · Martinez BD, Shaw JG, Asch SM et al.
  45. Could persistent extravascular fibrin deposition link microvascular and interstitial pathology in long COVID?
    Frontiers in medicine · 2026 · Kubo K
  46. Role of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Response to SARS-CoV-2 in the Host With Metabolic Dysfunction.
    JACC. Basic to translational science · 2026 Sep 23 · Epelman S, Baskaran G
  47. Post-COVID symptoms prevalence, latent class pattern, and functional impact: A population-based cross-sectional study in two Chilean cities, 2024.
    Medwave · 2026 Sep 23 · Rubilar P, Apablaza M, Ramírez-Santana M et al.
  48. Long COVID: The Problem Society Wants to Forget: A Healthy Dialogue With E. Wesley Ely.
    JAMA · 2026 Sep 23 · Angus DC, O'Connor MB
  49. Post-infection increases in Cardiometabolic Disease Staging (CMDS) scores are associated with increased odds of long COVID in a longitudinal retrospective cohort.
    Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2026 Sep 23 · Zhang L, Cui J, Saleem M et al.
  50. Effectiveness of tailored individual follow-up vs. standard one-day group course on health-related quality of life in patients with post COVID-19 condition: a randomized controlled trial.
    Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026 · Wilson M, Michalsen H, Anke A et al.
  51. Epstein-Barr Virus: More than Just an Infection.
    Viruses · 2026 Sep 21 · Van de Perre E, Van Nieuwenhuyse B, Yombi JC
  52. Safety and Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life After Epidural Oxygen Injection for Long COVID/Post-COVID Syndrome: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.
    Journal of clinical medicine · 2026 Sep 21 · Inaba T, Takagi K, Atsuchi M et al.
  53. Reply to: Accurately synthesising evidence for long COVID rehabilitation.
    ERJ open research · 2026 Sep · Chakraverty S, Maru N, Megaritis D et al.
  54. Accurately synthesising evidence for long COVID rehabilitation.
    ERJ open research · 2026 Sep · Reeves J, Cheng SWM
  55. Cohort profile: the SEROCoV-KIDS population-based cohort study and biobank on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in children and adolescents in Geneva, Switzerland.
    BMJ open · 2026 Sep 21 · Lorthe E, Loizeau A, Richard V et al.
  56. Characteristics Associated With Persistent Long COVID Symptoms in Healthcare Personnel Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Between August 2022 and May 2024: A Multicenter Cohort Analysis of US Healthcare Personnel.
    American journal of industrial medicine · 2026 Sep 21 · Kontowicz E, Irish AK, Lee LC et al.
  57. High Frequency of HHV-7 Reactivation in Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Long COVID: A Retrospective Observational Study.
    Viruses · 2026 Sep 20 · Ducret D, Mijatovic T
  58. Post-influenza syndromes: a hidden burden in clinical practice.
    Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2026 Sep 20 · Tsiodras S
  59. Latent brain-cognition dimension indicative of neuroinflammatory basis of Long COVID.
    Brain communications · 2026 · Filip P, Bartečková E, Hořínková J et al.
  60. Sex-specific patterns of symptom burden, psychological distress, and work productivity impairment in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19: a 10-month dynamic cohort study.
    BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026 Sep 19 · Sauer A, Boblitz L, Drick N et al.