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Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments?

The German government has committed half a billion euros to research into long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.
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  1. Michael Marshall

    1. Michael Marshall is a freelance writer based in Devon, UK.

In a major boost to research on long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), the German government has announced that it will provide €500 million (US$582 million) in research funding to support a National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases from 2026 to 2036.

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Nature 648, 502-503 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03904-w

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