Emerging Long COVID Research - June 2026

Long COVID and Post-Infectious Syndromes ECHO A Practical Approach to Complex Long COVID & ME/CFS Patient Cases Bateman Horne Center and the University of Utah Health Project ECHO teams join forces once again to provide a case-based learning series illuminating strategies for assessment and management of Long COVID (PASC), ME/CFS, and related comorbid conditions. Patient cases are shared in this session for educational purposes. In some instances, the information does not relate to an individual and instead represents a compilation of disease presentation. In cases involving individual patient information, the patients have authorized the discussion of their case in this setting. This ECHO session focused on emerging research in Long COVID and ME/CFS. In this session, Beth Pollack (Harvard-trained Research Scientist at MIT) describes her research in female reproductive health conditions in Long COVID, ME/CFS and other infection-associated chronic illnesses and Sangmita Singh (biomedical engineer and public health researcher at MIT) describes her research using nailfold capillaroscopy and cerebral blood flow tracking during the 10-Minute NASA Lean Test to identify blood flow changes in patients with Long COVID and other conditions compared to healthy control subjects. Key topics include: -Reproductive Impacts in Long COVID and ME/CFS -Endometriosis and Infection -Genitourinary Conditions in Long COVID -Long COVID and the Menstrual Cycle -Nailfold Capillaroscopy -Orthostatic and Cerebral Perfusion Testing -Patient Examination Tools -Blood Flow Changes with Long COVID and IACC’s Time Stamps: 0:00 Housekeeping 3:53 Beth Introduction 4:34 Reproductive Health Research 14:26 Endometriosis 18:17 Other Research Studies 25:54 Beth Summary 29:40 Nailfold Capillaroscopy Study 45:20 Panel Discussion and Q&A Note to community members: We advise viewers to always speak with their medical care team before making any adjustments or changes to their current care regimen. Bateman Horne Center’s involvement in this program is made possible with the additional support of the Open Medicine Foundation. 📘 Download the Clinical Care Guide: https://bit.ly/4jScKFu