Sources and updates, October 30
Sources and updates for the week of October 30 include booster shot demographics, mortality data by occupation, Paxlovid prescriptions, and more.
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COVID-19 risk factors that should lead to Omicron booster priority
Unlike previous vaccination campaigns, the new Omicron boosters are available to all adults across the country who have been previously inoculated. But all previously-vaccinated Americans are not facing similar levels of COVID-19 risk.
Read MoreSources and updates, July 3
Sources and updates for the week of July 3 include race and ethnicity data, COVID-19 spread from a cat, and more.
Read MoreNine areas of data we need to manage the pandemic
Will we ever get control of this pandemic? We can, but better data will go a long way in helping us get there. Here are nine areas where I’d like to see improvement.
Read MoreCOVID source callout: The Morning
A recent edition of “The Morning,” the New York Times’ flagship newsletter, painted a misleading picture of COVID-19 disparities in the U.S.
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 MoreSources and updates, May 1
Featured sources for the week of May 1 include vaccination rates in nursing homes, neighborhood-level health disparities, access to hospital services, and more.
Read MoreSources and updates, April 24
Data sources and updates for the week of April 24 include COVID-19 on airplanes, death rates by race and ethnicity, Long COVID research, and more.
Read MoreFenceline communities left behind by data gaps: A dispatch from SEJ in Houston
This week, I’m sharing a short dispatch from the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference in Houston, Texas. I’m discussing the cascading health issues caused by environmental racism—including, of course, COVID-19—as well as the ways that data gaps can make it harder for hard-hit communities to get needed public health assistance.
Read MoreAll the U.S.’s COVID-19 metrics are flawed
This week, I had a big retrospective story published at FiveThirtyEight: I looked back at the major metrics that the U.S. has used to track COVID-19 over the past two years—and how our country’s fractured public health system hindered our use of each one.
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