Betsy Ladyzhets
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Now offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability
Several government resources about accommodations for people with Long COVID have become unavailable in the last week, following purges of government websites and datasets under the Trump administration. These pages offered crucial information about rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for people with Long COVID and their employers.
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National COVID-19 trends, February 11
COVID-19 levels remain high in the U.S. as our longer-than-usual winter surge continues. While disease spread is decreasing in some regions, that decline is offset by increases and plateaus in other parts of the country. We’re also seeing a record-high seasonal flu season, as concerns about the bird flu H5N1 continue to grow.
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National COVID-19 trends, February 4
Our season of intense virus spread continues in the U.S. For now, we are still able to track that spread as major CDC data sources are (or at least appear to be) back to their regular update schedule following interruptions from the Trump administration. Some COVID-19 and flu indicators have gone back up this week,…
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Breaking: Vital Long COVID data taken down following Trump order
A key source of U.S. Long COVID data is now offline following a purge of information related to sexual orientation and gender identity ordered by President Donald Trump’s administration. The Household Pulse Survey, a data collection effort by the U.S. Census and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is among many CDC datasets and…
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RECOVER hasn’t been impacted by Trump freezes so far, sources say. But the program’s future is still uncertain.
As scientists across the country face confusion and uncertainty following drastic changes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under President Donald Trump, the agency’s flagship Long COVID research program is continuing its existing work as usual. But future studies could be delayed or interrupted and prospects for additional funding are unclear under Trump’s leadership.
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National COVID-19 trends, January 28
The U.S. remains in a period of high disease spread, for COVID-19 as well as seasonal pathogens like the flu and norovirus. COVID-19 levels are declining, but our less-intense-than-usual winter surge may give way to more cases this spring. And the public health landscape is full of uncertainty right now as a new Trump administration…
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Some U.S. COVID-19 data are down amid “pause” to federal health communications
The U.S. government has stopped updating some of its public COVID-19 data, as part of a “pause” to public federal health communications under President Donald Trump. While federal officials have not formally announced any details, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has missed scheduled updates to some infectious disease dashboards this week. A…
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National COVID-19 trends, January 21
All COVID-19 data sources indicate that cases are now decreasing in the U.S., suggesting we’re past the peak of this winter’s surge. This winter’s wave seems to be less intense than those in the last couple of years, but it’s still led to millions of cases and many thousands of hospitalizations and deaths. Other diseases…
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National COVID-19 trends, January 14
The U.S.’s winter COVID-19 surge continues. Some data sources suggest that we may be close to the peak of this wave, but it will be another week or two before that pattern is clear. Even if we continue to see a lower disease burden than usual for the winter, SARS-CoV-2 still causes an outsized risk…
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National COVID-19 trends, January 7
As usual for this time of year, we’re in the midst of a winter COVID-19 surge. Infections are increasing across the U.S., driven by holiday travel and gatherings; as data are reported with delays, it will be weeks before we see the full impact of the holidays on severe disease and deaths — and even…
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