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What is Autoimmune Disease?
- AUTOIMMUNE VS AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE
  
  A Comparative Look
  
  Autoimmune disease (AD) and autoinflammatory disease (AIF) are two categories of illnesses that occur when the immune system mistakenly damages healthy cells. Although these inflammatory disorders share many commonalities, there are key features that make them unique.
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  Autoimmune diseases (AD) occur when the immune system attacks the body’s own healthy cells. There are 80-100 known autoimmune diseases and counting, affecting more than 14 million Americans.
  AUTOIMMUNE VS AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE
  
  A Comparative Look
  
  Autoimmune disease (AD) and autoinflammatory disease (AIF) are two categories of illnesses that occur when the immune system mistakenly damages healthy cells. Although these inflammatory disorders share many commonalities, there are key features that make them unique.
  
  Read Our Article
Resources & Support
- FREE RESOURCE
  
  Find Hope in Your Health Journey
  
  The Autoimmune & Chronic Illness Toolkit includes journal templates, resource lists, guidance for doctor appointments, tips on communication, and many more tools to support and empower you throughout your experience.
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  Browse our resource lists and information via the links below.
  FREE RESOURCE
  
  Find Hope in Your Health Journey
  
  The Autoimmune & Chronic Illness Toolkit includes journal templates, resource lists, guidance for doctor appointments, tips on communication, and many more tools to support and empower you throughout your experience.
  
  Get Our Guide
Education & Research
- HIGHLIGHTED PARTNERSHIP
  
  An audio series hosted by the Celiac Program at Children’s National Hospital, in partnership with GAI
  
  Each episode has a featured hot topic in celiac disease including an interview with an expert, a nutritional discussion, and an update on news stories relating to the gluten-free community.
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  We support autoimmune disease education and research by funding grants for scientific investigations, holding live talks with experts, and partnering with the Celiac Disease Program to create educational resources.
  HIGHLIGHTED PARTNERSHIP
  
  An audio series hosted by the Celiac Program at Children’s National Hospital, in partnership with GAI
  
  Each episode has a featured hot topic in celiac disease including an interview with an expert, a nutritional discussion, and an update on news stories relating to the gluten-free community.
  
  View Gluten-Free Radio Podcast
About Us
- SPREADING AWARENESS
  
  We were proud to sponsor Nature Magazine’s July 2021 Outlook on Autoimmune Disease
  
  Learn more about GAI's work, autoimmune risk factors, research advances, and more!
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  The Global Autoimmune Institute is empowering solutions in the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune disease (AD) through research, education, and community, while supporting multidisciplinary approaches to wellness.
  SPREADING AWARENESS
  
  We were proud to sponsor Nature Magazine’s July 2021 Outlook on Autoimmune Disease
  
  Learn more about GAI’s work, autoimmune risk factors, research advances, and more!
  
  Read Our Feature
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Long COVID

What Makes COVID Affect People Differently?

July 9, 2021

A study published yesterday in Nature, called Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19, suggests that genetics may be the answer. This is the biggest single genetic study in history looking at how the variances in DNA amongst individuals around the world respond differently to a virus. Researchers were able to identify and confirm 13 genes that seem to play a part in determining susceptibility to becoming infected as well as the severity of the infection.

Analysis of Remaining Long-COVID Symptoms Following Recovery of Initial Infection

June 18, 2021

FAIRHealth published its eighth white paper study on COVID-19 this past Tuesday. This iteration of the report detailed findings regarding the experiences of long-haul COVID patients who were 30 days or more removed from their initial COVID-19 diagnosis.

Gastrointestinal Issues Persist in Many, Months After COVID Infection

May 26, 2021

Diarrhea and other gastrointestinal (GI) issues are known to be non-respiratory COVID-19 symptoms during an active infection. However, a team of researchers in Italy were curious whether their patients were continuing to experience these symptoms after their period of infection ended. Their study utilized a self-report survey, which was emailed to patients that had been treated for COVID-19 in March and May 2020 at Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Milan. Hospital workers who had tested negative for COVID served as controls. 164 COVID-19 survivors and 183 uninfected controls submitted their survey responses. The results indicated that loose stool was ranked as the most commonly experienced GI issue and it appeared twice as frequently in the responses of survivors when compared to controls.

Yale to Begin Study on COVID Long-Haulers

May 6, 2021

Yale Medicine is launching a collaborative study on Covid long-haulers and the Covid vaccine.

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