Sources and updates, August 27
Sources and updates for the week of August 27 include funding from Project Next Gen, wastewater testing for more viruses, health misinformation, and more.
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COVID source callout: NYT continues to push misleading information
Longtime readers may remember that I am no fan of “The Morning,” a daily newsletter from the New York Times that has frequently downplayed COVID-19 in recent years. Well, this week, the newsletter has done it again, with a dismissive portrayal of excess deaths data.
Read MoreCOVID source shout-out: excess deaths estimates
This week, a team of demography researchers published a paper sharing excess death estimates by county, for the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team, led by Andrew Stokes at Boston University, has been analyzing excess death data for years in order to understand the true toll of COVID-19 on the U.S.
Read MoreSources and updates, April 30
Sources and updates for the week of April 30 include premature deaths, youth risk behaviors, financial issues after COVID-19, and more.
Read MoreSources and updates, April 2
Sources and updates for the week of April 2 include archived CDC data, federal COVID-19 emergencies, the global health workforce, and more.
Read MoreSources and updates, January 22
Sources and updates for the week of January 22 include respiratory virus hospitalizations, new excess death estimates, wastewater testing on airplanes, and more.
Read MoreNew CDC report vastly underestimates deaths with Long COVID
On Wednesday, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NHCS) released a major report on deaths from Long COVID. To identify a small (but significant) number of deaths, NCHS researchers searched through the text of death certificates for Long COVID-related terms. Their study demonstrates how bad our current health data systems are at capturing the results of chronic disease.
Read MoreThe “one million deaths” milestone fails to capture the pandemic’s true toll
This week, many headlines declared that the U.S. has reached one million COVID-19 deaths. While a major milestone, this number is actually far below the full impact of the pandemic; looking at excess deaths and demographic breakdowns allows us to get closer.
Read MoreNew CDC mortality data release from the Documenting COVID-19 project
The Documenting COVID-19 project recently released a GitHub data repository that provides county-level CDC mortality data from 2020 and 2021. We’re hoping other reporters will use it to investigate deaths during the pandemic in their regions.
Read MoreSources and updates, March 20
Sources and updates for the week of March 20 include a revamped tracker for deaths by race and ethnicity, the CDC possibly taking back hospital data reporting, global excess deaths, and more.
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