President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a memorandum directing the secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate and speed efforts to understand and treat long COVID, which is estimated to affect up to 23 million Americans.
In a White House press briefing Tuesday, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said the administration’s plan has three main goals: to improve care and support for long-COVID patients, enhance education and outreach on long-COVID and disability services, and step up research on causes and evidence-based treatments.
