Ellison Cooper PhD

I hate self promotion, especially right now, but I just have to link my starred review over @PublishersWkly because I am so damn honored. This is one of those dreams that you don't ever expect to actually happen. Never stop writing, my friends. bit.ly/3e1rZcY

Excited to get this out in preprint: triple-blind, placebo-controlled microtesla magnetic therapy (MMT) is safe, feasible and effective in reducing cognitive impairment in people with #LongCOVID. I get excited about interventions for cognitive symptoms medrxiv.org/content/10.648… 1/

1/ If I hear one more public official call indoor air filters a "band-aid," I'm going to explode! It's so logical, yet so readily dismissed. Filtering indoor air should be as standard as filtering water. Full stop. 🧵

"Tirzepatide has given me an 85% improvement after 15 years of moderate to severe #MECFS and trialing 20+ other meds that either didn't work or only gave me a 1-3% improvement." reddit.com/r/cfs/comments…

Yale scientists reviewed 100 years of records and found that Long COVID is part of a larger pattern. Viruses like polio, SARS, and EBV have long caused lasting illness in some people, often through immune dysfunction cell.com/trends/immunol…

My new favorite game: after reading any post that mentions the words long covid, I like to try and guess how many replies it will be until the first “it’s the jab” shows up. Apparently if you say the magic words they appear as if conjured by the magical troll fairy.

Been a long while since I posted. Mestinon has recently moved the needle for me a bit but I’m still mostly housebound (and always masking when I go out.) In good news I’m almost done with my next book. Fingers crossed it sells!!!!

After a long wait, our longitudinal long COVID study is finally published in @NatureComms: nature.com/articles/s4146…. We find a skeletal muscle alterations in patients with #longcovid, which worsen with exercise. 1/n

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e Feature: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

Therapy helps but let’s be clear. You can’t CBT your way out of capitalism. You can’t mindfulness your way out of racism. You can’t self care your way out of oppression. You can’t journal your way out of ableism. This isn’t about coping, it’s about deconstructing the systems.

🧠 Thread: A molecular clue to Long COVID “brain fog” 1/ New study from Yokohama City Univ used PET imaging of AMPA receptors. Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR levels, linked to both cognitive impairment and inflammation. A molecular biomarker emerges.

A few days out from #UNGA80, I wanted to reflect on the session we took part in and the media responses since. Mount Sinai was one of the 150 organizations that signed the global pledge to advocate for healthy indoor air. The event itself featured four panels of speakers who 1/

I do still think this article is a turning point. bmj.com/content/390/bm…

New from @PutrinoLab & Dr. Pridgen: A combo of 120 days of celecoxib & valacyclovir with 15 days of Paxlovid is significantly more effective than celecoxib & valacyclovir alone! The combo had vastly greater response rates for brain fog, dysautonomia, & fatigue. #LongCovid 1/

Traveling? The U.S. is experiencing a summer COVID-19 surge. Lower your chance of catching COVID-19 by masking in indoor public places like airports and planes. Wear a high-quality mask like an N95, KN95 or KF94 to stay protected. Learn more: cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/D…

Incredibly exciting diagnostic tool potential — @ImmunoFever MIT team is doing nailfold capillaroscopies on #LongCovid patients before and after a NASA lean test, and said the results have been incredibly striking compared to controls. My results were very abnormal !

Kicking off #KeystoneSympsoia with a room full of masks led by @VirusesImmunity & @MichaelPelusoMD🙏 #LongCovid

He died from Long COVID today. His words: “I’ve experienced more discrimination and stigma for being openly disabled by #LongCovid than I ever did for being openly gay” When will the gaslighting stop? How many more need to die?

Our initial DNA results! DecodeME have discovered that people with an ME/CFS diagnosis have significant genetic differences compared to the general population. Summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk Check out our full preprint paper: shorturl.at/VwN3s

Last week’s PolyBio Spring Symposium featured updates on innovative research that is driving forward discoveries in infection-associated chronic illnesses. If you weren’t able to attend live, or want to watch a replay, the recording is now available: polybio.org/spring-2025-sy…

This is me—before and after becoming bed bound with Long COVID and ME/CFS. Two years ago, I made videos on YouTube. I ran half-marathons. I traveled. I lived fully. Then my body collapsed. I lost my energy, my independence, and my ability to connect. I lost my life. This illness isn't "just fatigue." It's a devastating, invisible disease that left me in a dark room, unable to sit up, talk, or tolerate light and sound. But slowly—very slowly—I'm starting to improve. Each small step feels like a quiet victory. Please listen. Please learn. Please share. #MECFS #MillionsMissing #MEAwarenessDay #MECFSAwarenessday