You are here

Home

Situation Report

Analysis: Press coverage of the recent COVID increase

Fri, 2023-09-15 11:16 — mike kraft
Good news in the news about COVID <p>The recent resurgence of COVID has a depressing familiarity: cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are rising; a new vaccine is being rolled out, to some confusion; anti-vax and other conspiratorial voices are getting louder, doing their best to turn the rebound of the virus into a right-wing talking point. But, lucky for all of us, the […]</p> Columbia Journalism Review

 

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Disease
Health
Public Health
Science
Communication
Complexity
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

Alternative COVID vaccine 75% cross-protective against symptomatic cases in previously infected-- study

Fri, 2023-09-15 10:48 — mike kraft
Trial: Alternative COVID vaccine 75% cross-protective against symptomatic cases in previously infected USAID/Rwanda / Flickr cc CIDRAP
Country / Region Tags: 
Africa
Eastern Europe
Latin America
Mexico
Nepal
SouthEast Asia
Uganda
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Boosters
Treatments
Disease Prevention
Medical Testing
Pandemics
Public Health
Research
Vaccinations
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

Half of Americans interested in getting updated COVID shot--poll

Fri, 2023-09-15 10:17 — mike kraft
Half of Americans interested in getting updated COVID shot, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows About half of Americans are interested in getting an updated COVID-19 vaccine more than three years after the virus infected millions and upended daily life across the United States and around the world. Ahmed Aboulenein,Jason Lange Reuters

...

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Boosters
Data
Disease Prevention
Health
Public Attitudes
Vaccinations
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report
Other

U.S. Covid Trend Lines: Five Worst Hit U.S. States See Positive Tests Fall, Others Rise

Fri, 2023-09-15 10:11 — mike kraft
COVID cases update: 5 worst hit states see positive tests fall, others rise New COVID-19 hospitalizations have been rising through the end of summer, after falling steadily week after week since January. Newsweek

...

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Contagion
Data
Government
Health
Mutations
Public Health
Research
Social behavior
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

California healthcare industry had highest COVID-19 death rate of all occupations early in pandemic

Thu, 2023-09-14 18:14 — mike kraft
California healthcare industry had highest COVID-19 death rate of all occupations early in pandemic "Other services," manufacturing, transportation, and retail trade also had higher death rates. CIDRAP
Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - West Coast
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Contagion
Data
Disease
Pandemics
Public Health
Research
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

U.S. CDC director calls Florida's advice against new COVID booster 'dangerous'

Thu, 2023-09-14 18:02 — mike kraft
CDC calls Florida's advice against new COVID booster 'dangerous' Florida has the highest proportion of counties recording "moderate" COVID hospitalization levels in the U.S. Experts explain why the state is seeing so many cases. ABC News ABC News

...

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - South
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Contagion
Disease
Disease Prevention
Mutations
Politics
Public Attitudes
Vaccinations
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Covid and U.S. politics: two articles

Thu, 2023-09-14 11:02 — mike kraft
There's no sign of widespread COVID-19 mandates in the US. Republicans are warning of them anyway Republicans are responding to a late summer spike in COVID-19 by raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are on the horizon. AP News
Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Treatments
Disease
Mutations
Politics
Public Health
Vaccinations
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

Earth is outside its ‘safe operating space for humanity’ on most key measurements --study

Wed, 2023-09-13 20:41 — mike kraft
Earth is outside its 'safe operating space for humanity' on most key measurements, study says A new study of Earth's health says the planet is outside its “safe operating space for humanity” on six out of nine key measurements. AP News

...

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
General Topic Tags: 
Public Health
Research
Science
Climate
Ecosystems
Environment
Extreme Weather
Oceans
Pollution
Sea Level
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

Map shows where climate change made U.S. summer hotter for almost everyone

Wed, 2023-09-13 20:28 — mike kraft
97% of Americans saw hotter temps caused by climate change Climate change doubled and tripled the chances of high temperatures, analysis shows. Alex Fitzpatrick Axios

...

Where climate change most affected summer temperatures, 2023

(See interactive map.)

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Public Health
Research
Science
Cities
Climate
Ecosystems
Extreme Weather
Map
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

Black cancer patients have much higher rates of COVID hospital stays. according to new study

Wed, 2023-09-13 18:03 — mike kraft
Study: Black cancer patients have much higher rates of COVID hospital stays MalaikaCasal / iStock CIDRAP

Race, COVID-19 infections, and chronic disease contributed to higher COVID-related hospitalization rates for Black patients compared to white patients, according to new research from scientists at Louisiana State University (LSU) Health, New Orleans, School of Public Health published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Treatments
Data
Demographics
Disease
Health
Hospitals
Medical Personnel
Public Health
Citizens
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

Pages

Subscribe to Situation Report
howdy folks