
Dear Research Advocate, As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, it continues to pose new challenges and questions, including for the research community. A top priority is to better understand Long COVID. A CDC study released this week, “ Post–COVID Conditions Among Adult COVID-19 Survivors ,” found approximately 1 in 5 adult COVID-19 survivors “have a health condition that might be related to previous COVID-19 illness.“ The study covered cases from the beginning of the pandemic through November 2021, right before the Omicron wave. In order to better prevent and treat Long COVID, NIH created the RECOVER Initiative, bringing together patients, caregivers, clinicians, community leaders, and...