; (B) evaluating and identifying potential gaps or other weaknesses that contribute to age, gender, geographic location, disability, occupation, and racial and ethnic disparities with respect to COVID–19 infection rates, severity and length of symptoms, associated diagnoses, and outcomes; and (C) identifying trends associated with differences in diagnosis and treatment of Long COVID and related conditions by demographic factors such as age, gender, geographic location, disability, occupation, race, ethnicity, or other factors identified by the Secretary to promote health equity; and (2) conducting and supporting research to— (A) identify health care strategies that help mitigate age, gender, geographic location, disability, occupation, and racial and ethnic disparities in COVID–19 infection rates, hospitalizations, severity and length of symptoms, secondary illnesses, and outcomes; (B) identify health care-related factors contributing to such disparities in COVID–19 infection rates, hospitalizations, severity and length of symptoms, secondary illnesses, and outcomes; and (C) provide recommendations on ensuring equity in diagnosis and access to quality post-infectious treatments that may be advanced to mitigate such disparities. (b) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, which shall remain available until expended. 4. Education and dissemination of information on Long COVID (a) Long COVID public education program The Secretary shall develop and disseminate to the public regularly updated information regarding Long COVID, in plain language and in a manner that is culturally and linguistically appropriate and easily accessible to people with disabilities and people with limited English proficiency, including information on— (1) the awareness, incidence, and short- and long-term health effects associated with COVID–19 infection, including Long COVID associated disability