Betsy Ladyzhets

Has this summer’s COVID-19 surge peaked yet? My answer this week is maybe, but it depends on where you live: disease levels appear to be declining or steady in some regions, while still going up in others. Updated vaccines are now available, but months too late and too difficult to access to make a significant…

Covid-19 continues to spread at stubbornly high levels across the U.S., as the summer surge shows few signs of slowing. Some epidemiologists and public health experts have expressed surprise at the height and length of this summer’s wave; of course, to anyone still taking precautions, it’s not shocking that the disease would spread unabated without…

Covid-19 continues spreading wildly across the U.S., as our summer surge shows few signs of slowing. For some parts of the country, SARS-CoV-2 levels have far surpassed last summer and are even at or above last winter, as variants combined with our collective lack of mitigation measures drive ongoing spread. This is certainly not time…

Our summer Covid-19 surge continues in the U.S., with wastewater surveillance and our limited testing data reporting high disease levels across the country. Reports from multiple wastewater data providers suggest that the disease is spreading at similar levels to or higher than the peak of last summer’s wave, even as mainstream media, government agencies, and…

Here are the latest national Covid-19 trends, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and major wastewater surveillance providers: This summer’s Covid-19 surge is in full swing, with different wastewater data sources reporting high disease levels across the U.S. While hospitalization metrics are lower, this area of Covid-19 tracking is far…