Featured sources, April 11
Featured sources for the week of April 11 include healthcare worker deaths, hospitalization data, and food insecurity.
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Featured sources, April 4
Featured sources for the week of April 4 include updates on state vaccination data, mortality data, vaccine trials, and healthcare.
Read MoreCDC stepped up sequencing, but the data haven’t kept pace
The CDC has stepped up its sequencing efforts in a big way over the past few months, going from 3,000 a week in early January to 10,000 a week by the end of March. But data on the results of these efforts are scarce and uneven, with some states doing far more sequencing than others. And the CDC itself publishes data with gaping holes and lags that make the numbers difficult to interpret.
Read MoreFeatured sources, March 28
Featured sources for the week of March 28 include K-12 schools, a new vaccine study, and diverse sources.
Read MoreFeatured sources, March 21
Featured sources for the week of March 21 include data quality for COVID-19 behind bars and local economies.
Read MoreFeatured sources, March 14
Featured sources for the week of March 14 include variant surveillance, death rates by occupation, and LGBTQ+ impact.
Read MoreFeatured sources, March 7
Featured sources for the week of March 7 include variants, public documents, and vaccination sites.
Read MoreGlobal.health has gone public—what’s actually in the database?
Last week, we included Global.health in our featured sources section. The initiative aims to document 10 million plus cases in one source. Instead of just listing numbers of positive cases and deaths, they collect individual cases and gather information about said case. What was their age range? Gender? When did symptoms develop? The dataset has room for more than 40 variables aside from just “tested positive.” While there are lots of dashboards and tracking sources, none collect detailed data about (anonymized!) individual cases.
Read MoreGoodnight, COVID Tracking Project
A couple of hours after I send today’s newsletter, I will do my final shift of data entry work on the COVID Tracking Project’s Testing and Outcomes dataset. Then, later in the evening, I will do my final shift on the COVID Racial Data Tracker. And then I will probably spend another hour or two bothering my fellow volunteers on Slack because I don’t want it to be over quite yet.
Read MoreFeatured sources and federal data updates, Feb. 28
Featured sources and federal updates for the week of Feb. 28 include vaccines, the CDC’s methodology, school opening, and more.
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