The Department of Health and Human Services also announced a new Office of Long Covid Research and Practice to lead the long covid response and coordination throughout the federal government.2The government has been criticised by some doctors and patient groups for being slow to tackle the problem of long covid. The trials will focus on several of the symptoms patients describe as most burdensome. The treatments will be studied through Recover, a large, nationwide research programme to understand, treat, and prevent long covid. According to a January study from the Kaiser Family Foundation, about 15% of covid patients had experienced long covid symptoms and about 6% were currently experiencing them. Among the possible treatments are two web based programmes to improve cognitive function and at-home transcranial direct current stimulation to help brain activity and blood flow.

Source: Washington Post August 03, 2023 10:01 UTC