As a participant in one of RECOVER’s observational cohort studies, you’re helping us learn how to better prevent and treat Long COVID in the future. This page will give you more information about what to expect as a participant.
After you sign the informed consent form to join, you will answer survey questions and visit your study site for up to 4 years. You may be asked to:
The exact tests you’ll do depend on which study group you’re in, such as adults, children, or people who were pregnant.
This study will not give anyone a treatment or medicine for COVID.
You can stop being in the study at any time, and decide to do some or all of the tests.
Learn more about what to expect in the study for each group.
Children and their caregivers will join the study. This includes children of all ages, from newborns to young adults up to age 25 years.
Adults who were pregnant after January 1, 2020 joined the study. This includes people who did and did not have COVID while they were pregnant.
Adults over age 18 joined the study, including adults who did and didn’t have COVID.
Read participants’ stories to learn why they joined RECOVER and their experience in the study.
Originally from rural New Mexico, Carla now lives in Albuquerque and joined RECOVER with her science-loving daughter Sofia.
Born and raised in Honolulu, 24-year-old Kawai is active in her community and joined RECOVER to support her friends.
Take this survey to share your feedback about being a RECOVER participant.
Our quarterly newsletter will keep you up to date on the latest that is happening at RECOVER, including the study results. If you haven’t already seen our newsletter, ask your study staff about it, or download a PDF of the latest issues here!
Some study sites still need people to join. If you know someone who is interested, email them a link to learn more or post a flyer in your community!
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