Long Covid research roundup
What have we learned since last year?| yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
What have we learned since last year?| yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
As MuckRock and STAT News reported last year, after receiving $1.15 billion in December 2020, the federal government’s RECOVER initiative has moved slowly and devoted the majority of its funding to observational research. Now, several U.S. senators called for better oversight of the National Institutes of Health, pointing to criticism of the largest recipient of federal Long Covid funding so far.| MuckRock
Congress provided the NIH with $1.15 billion to help patients in December 2020 — and the agency has now spent most of that funding, according to a detailed new budget breakdown shared with MuckRock and STAT, with the majority going towards observational research rather than clinical trials.| MuckRock
This issue brief analyzes the latest data on rates of long COVID, which have appeared to stabilize, affecting about 1 in 10 adults who have had COVID.| KFF
The NIH says it’s used up most of its $1.15 billion of long Covid funding and more money is not forthcoming, per new budget details.| STAT
