The NIH has poured $1 billion into long Covid research — with little to show for it Rachel Cohrs Zhang By Rachel Cohrs Zhang and Betsy Ladyzhets

https://www.statnews.com/2023/04/20/long-covid-nih-billion/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Uit6fvrVP5Jcw8EdQtgJ9moFZWs10HpGCnDgJOXy-39k6iii5DKC_7o1OsvsBA5CnhmtsflDpipA55H4_jOsdEQliTw&_hsmi=309503763&utm_content=309503763&utm_source=hs_email The NIH Long Covid initiative looks like a $1 billion fail so far Long Covid is a pernicious lasting effect of the pandemic, as millions of Americans deal with a mostly mysterious condition that often leads to disability. In 2020, the National Institutes of Health launched the $1 billion RECOVER initiative to investigate the chronic condition’s root causes and identify possible treatment. Three years in, most of the initial budget has been spent — but little has been achieved. NIH funding contracts obtained by The Sick Times, MuckRock, and STAT News contained clear and avoidable mistakes, according to long Covid experts, including not hiring scientists who had studied post-infectious chronic diseases prior to the pandemic. Experts say some of the RECOVER research has value — in particular, its studies on children — but the long Covid community feels let down, and is asking the government to do more for patients with the $500 million in new funding allocated this year. NIH documents show how $1.6 billion long Covid initiative has failed so far to meet its goals By Betsy LadyzhetsMay 31, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/31/long-covid-nih-recover-initiative-falls-short-on-causes-treatments/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9EMi4F74YzwuAT09NryyRncLfW8ZI3PpbzDQcH0x1hClAJ-uYKGrTPtFm_Z6w9pXpPgHHQzKD9sKNcfA_AOu6ZEE3GQw&_hsmi=309503763&utm_content=309503763&utm_source=hs_email