The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is sponsoring a workshop looking into the issue of long-haul diseases, including long COVID, persistent Lyme disease, ME/CFS and multiple sclerosis.

“Toward a Common Research Agenda in Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses: A Workshop to Examine Common, Overlapping Clinical and Biological Factors,” has been scheduled for June 29-30 in Washington D.C. The event will be hybrid—available both in person and via zoom. Registration information here.

The idea is to bring together researchers from these different long-haul diseases so they can collaborate. By figuring out what these conditions have in common and sharing what they’ve learned, participants hope to speed up the development of new treatments to restore these chronically ill people to health.