Sources and updates, June 12
Sources and updates for the week of June 12 include Long COVID deaths, ventilation in schools, Moderna’s latest vaccine, and more.
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COVID-19 in schools data: still bad!
In addition to the FiveThirtyEight story, I also had an article come out this week in The Grade, Alexander Russo’s column at KappanOnline. This piece takes a deep dive into Burbio, the company that has become a leading source for data on how COVID-19 impacted K-12 schools across the U.S—in the absence of comprehensive data on this topic from the federal government.
Read MoreSources and updates, March 13
Sources and updates for the week of March 13 include vaccine data annotations, free rapid tests, a combination of Delta and Omicron, and more.
Read MoreWhy Utah’s innovative school COVID-19 testing program failed
My latest story with the Documenting COVID-19 project is an investigation into Utah’s school COVID-19 testing program, in collaboration with the Salt Lake Tribune. We investigated with a once-innovative program failed in fall 2021.
Read MoreSources and updates, March 6
Sources and updates for the week of March 6 include COVID-19 relief funding in schools, Long COVID estimates, and more.
Read MoreSources and updates, February 6
Featured sources for the week of February 6 include vaccination coverage among dialysis patients and in the LGBTQ+ community, and the effectiveness of masking for children.
Read MoreAs Omicron hits schools, K-12 data void is wider than ever
Two years into the pandemic, you might think that, by now, schools would have figured out a strategy to continue teaching kids while keeping them safe from the coronavirus. Instead, the school situation is more chaotic than ever. Thousands of schools went online or closed entirely this week, likely more than in any other week since spring 2020. And yet: there is currently no national data source tracking COVID-19 cases in schools, and nine states fail to report any data on this crucial topic.
Read MoreFeatured sources, November 7
Featured sources for the week of November 7 include school learning modes, testing technologies, and federal contractors.
Read MoreSources and updates, October 31
Featured sources and updates for the week of October 31 include booster shot data, polling on vaccines, testing in prisons, breakthrough cases, and more.
Read MoreThe challenges of routine COVID-19 testing in schools
At this point in the pandemic, we know that routine COVID-19 testing can be a key tactic for reducing transmission in communal settings. If you identify cases as soon as they occur through asymptomatic testing, you can quickly isolate those cases and quarantine their contacts—preventing the cases from turning into outbreaks. This strategy works everywhere from kindergarten classrooms to the NBA.
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