Webcasts of two-day US Workshop on long COVID now online

Simon Collins, HIV i-Base

The increasing awareness of the complexity on post-acute symptoms related to COVID-19 was covered in a two day workshop organised by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The workshop, including breakout sessions, in now webcast with open access.

The workshop opens with an overview of the current challenges and includes talks on clinical observations (both US and international), and some insights from the patient’s perspective.

Further talks cover pathology coronaviruses as well as host immune responses.

The second day starts with a talk on social determinants of health and race/ethnicity that are expanded in focus groups.

Long COVID: Day 1

https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38878

Session 1: Post-acute COVID-19: clinical observations

• Epidemiological and clinical landscape
• Experience from US clinics
• Global perspective: experience from South Africa
• The post-acute COVID-19 experience

Session 2: Viral pathogenic features and host immune response

• Immunological Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Potential Role in Post-Acute Sequelae 
• (B cells/Antibodies)
• (T cells)
• (Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children)
• Pathogenic Features of Coronaviruses and Manifestations of Extrapulmonary Infection
• Approaches to Researching Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Session 3: Post-acute COVID-19 perspectives

• Neurological/psychiatric/neuromuscular, cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal/GI/metabolic, immunologic/rheumatologic, paediatric 

Long COVID – DAY 2

https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38879

Impact of Social Determinants of Health, Race and Ethnicity on Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae

Reports from breakout sessions.

1. Neurological/psychiatric/neuromuscular
   https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38882
2. Cardiovascular
   https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38880
3. Pulmonary
   https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38884
4. Renal/GI/metabolic
   https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38883
5. Immunologic/rheumatologic
   https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38885
6. Paediatric
   https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=38881