Sources and updates, September 24
Sources and updates for the week of September 24 include free at-home tests, funding for Long COVID clinics, wildlife surveillance, and more.
Read MoreTag: CDC Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics
Sources and updates, May 21
Sources and updates for the week of May 21 include new funding from the CDC’s forecasting center, keeping masks in healthcare, drug overdoses, and more.
Read MoreSources and updates, September 4
Sources and updates for the week of September 4 include BA.4.6, Long COVID’s impact on work, life expectancy, and more.
Read MoreUnpacking U.S. data gaps and lack of public health action with Jason Salemi
Last week, I had a new story published at FiveThirtyEight about the challenges a new CDC forecasting center is facing. Here’s one of the interviews I did for that piece, with epidemiologist Jason Salemi.
Read MoreSources and updates, June 5
Sources and updates for the week of June 5 include a new chart on the CDC’s wastewater dashboard and studies showing COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on Native Americans.
Read MoreCDC launches new pandemic forecasting center
This week, the CDC introduced a new team focused on modeling infectious diseases, called the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (or CFA). The agency aims to hire about 100 scientists and communicators for the center; they’ll currently focus on COVID-19, but will expand to other diseases in the future.
Read More