MIP-C: An entiurely new Covid-related syndrome

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical researchers are grappling with a perplexing new syndrome. Professor Pradipta Ghosh of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Professor Dennis McGonagle of the University of Leeds have identified a condition they’ve dubbed MDA5-autoimmunity and Interstitial Pneumonitis Contemporaneous with COVID-19, or MIP-C for short.

The collaboration began when McGonagle noticed an uptick in cases of a rare autoimmune disease called...