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Post-viral research digest

Every week: the peer-reviewed studies newly indexed in the OSMF research tracker and the ClinicalTrials.gov records that changed, across long COVID, ME/CFS, PACVS, Lyme/PTLDS, Gulf War Illness, POTS, MCAS and other post-infectious syndromes.

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Archive 9 issues

  1. Post-viral research digest, week 41 2026: 1 new study
    24 September 2026 – 7 October 2026 · 17 trial updates · PACVS 1 · 14-day window
  2. Post-viral research digest, week 28 2026: 33 new studies
    6 July 2026 – 12 July 2026 · 0 trial updates · Long COVID 10, ME/CFS 2, POTS 4, MCAS 17
  3. Post-viral research digest, week 27 2026: 90 new studies
    29 June 2026 – 5 July 2026 · 0 trial updates · Long COVID 58, ME/CFS 2, Lyme / PTLDS 2, POTS 8, MCAS 20
  4. Post-viral research digest, week 26 2026: 45 new studies
    22 June 2026 – 28 June 2026 · 9 trial updates · Long COVID 7, ME/CFS 10, Lyme / PTLDS 2, Gulf War Illness 2, POTS 3, MCAS 20, Other post-viral 1
  5. Post-viral research digest, week 25 2026: 33 new studies
    15 June 2026 – 21 June 2026 · 5 trial updates · ME/CFS 8, Gulf War Illness 1, POTS 6, MCAS 16, Other post-viral 2
  6. Post-viral research digest, week 24 2026: 25 new studies
    8 June 2026 – 14 June 2026 · 7 trial updates · ME/CFS 11, PACVS 2, Lyme / PTLDS 1, Gulf War Illness 1, POTS 7, Other post-viral 3
  7. Post-viral research digest, week 23 2026: 21 new studies
    1 June 2026 – 7 June 2026 · 10 trial updates · ME/CFS 8, PACVS 1, Gulf War Illness 1, POTS 9, Other post-viral 2
  8. Post-viral research digest, week 22 2026: 11 new studies
    25 May 2026 – 31 May 2026 · 5 trial updates · ME/CFS 6, POTS 4, Other post-viral 1
  9. Post-viral research digest, week 21 2026: 17 new studies
    18 May 2026 – 24 May 2026 · 8 trial updates · ME/CFS 9, POTS 4, Other post-viral 4

How the digest is built

A script (scripts/build_digest.py) runs after the daily PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov refresh. It takes every study whose publication date falls in the last seven days from each condition feed, de-duplicates by PMID, and lists trials whose registry record changed in the same window. When fewer than three new studies are found the window is widened to fourteen days and the issue says so. Each issue is frozen as a JSON snapshot once its week has passed. Nothing is written by hand; errors in titles or abstracts come from the source records.

Annual, per-condition summaries live in the state-of-the-evidence reports.

Disclaimer. This digest is an automated, unreviewed listing of newly indexed PubMed records and ClinicalTrials.gov registry updates compiled by the Open Source Medicine Foundation. Inclusion is not endorsement; abstracts are excerpted verbatim from PubMed and may contain errors. It is not medical advice. Discuss any treatment decision with a qualified clinician.