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Ensuring Understanding of COVID–19 to Protect Public Health Act
Introduced: May 5, 2020
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May 5, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 5, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Ensuring Understanding of COVID-19 to Protect Public Health Act
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct a longitudinal study on the health impacts of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The NIH must provide public summaries of findings on specified timelines.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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