CDC awards $9M for long COVID data system
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WHY IT MATTERS
Precise, data-driven estimations can help clinicians better understand and treat the range of long COVID health conditions that occur more than four weeks after initial viral infection, according to Dr.
"Anecdotal information about long COVID abounds, but what we need is accurate, comprehensive scientific evidence," said Grannis in a statement.
"Our study will provide critical information for public health, patients and the clinicians who care for people with long COVID.
Informatics evaluations related to long COVID and the efficacy of vaccines, dose timing and more has been undertaken by members of the COVID-19 Patient Recovery Alliance partnership and others, including CDC, over the last two years.
They found a prevalence of certain conditions related to patients in different age groups and care settings but cautioned that further longitudinal studies extending past six months from acute symptoms were needed to better quantify long COVID outcomes.
Seminal data-driven findings – the result of aggregated EHR data analysis from across a broad suite of electronic record systems by the alliance and Arcadia Leavitt Partners – released on December 15 indicated that vaccinations could reduce the incidence and severity of long COVID symptoms.
Learning from the data to find treatments and cures for long COVID symptoms is also essential to supporting healthcare systems that could become overwhelmed with patients, said Dr.
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