NIH RECOVER

NIH’s RECOVER initiative published peer‑reviewed findings Nov. 17 in Nature Communications mapping eight distinct symptom patterns experienced by long COVID patients over 3–15 months. The 3,659‑person cohort (69% female; almost entirely Omicron‑era infections) shows courses ranging from persistently high symptom burden to fluctuating, improving, late‑worsening, and rarely symptomatic paths, which researchers say is critical for tailoring care and research.