Treatments For Long Covid Draw on Decades-Long HIV Research

Healthcare workers treat a Covid-19 patient on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor of a hospital in 2022. — Healthcare workers treat a Covid-19 patient on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor of a hospital in 2022.
Photographer: Allison Dinner/Bloomberg

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July 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM UTC

Hi, it’s Jason in Melbourne. Despite over $1 billion in research, proven treatments for long Covid remain frustratingly elusive. Now, scientists are hoping drugs for another viral infection offer benefit. Before I explain...

Decades of experience studying HIV have helped research teams from Sydney to San Francisco understand the long tail of Covid-19.