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#29 Long Covid: what has six years taught us?
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- Mar 6, 2026
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Summary
SCIENCE: Long Covid awareness, understanding and research. Long Covid Awareness Day (15th March 2026) marks six years since the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed its long tail of Long Covid on millions around the world. In this week’s episode Emily Kate Stephens and Gez Medinger review the science and progress that has been made over the past six years in our understanding of this complex chronic condition. Through interviews with some of the most prominent experts in the Long Covid and complex chronic illness field: Dr Avindra Nath, Dr Binita Kane, Joseph Breen PhD, Professor Mark Faghy and Dr Alba Azola, Emily Kate and Gez examine the medical, scientific and political landscapes and ask: What have we learned over the last six years? What are the current leading theories on what drives the condition? What are the approved treatment strategies? What are the latest and most exciting scientific studies that could have impact for those living with the disease? Including personal reflections as Emily Kate and Gez approach their six year anniversary of contracting COVID-19 for the first time, they provide an overview of the condition and research landscape to assess how far we have come and the work still to be done. About the experts Avindra Nath is the Clinical Director of National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the NIH in the United States. A neuroimmunologist specialising in the impact of viruses on the brain, he led the Deep Phenotyping of ME/CFS Study which investigated the biological mechanisms of post-infection ME/CFS and chronic fatigue syndrome. Binita Kane is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and founder of The Long Covid Clinic. After working on the front line in the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting her daughter through Long…