Betsy Ladyzhets
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National COVID-19 trends, October 21
The U.S. is still largely without COVID-19 and other infectious disease data as the government shutdown continues. As Congress has repeatedly failed to pass a resolution that would fund federal agencies, the shutdown — and data delays — are likely to go into a fourth week, if not longer. This could be incredibly harmful as…
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National COVID-19 trends, October 14
COVID-19 and other infectious disease data continue to be very limited while the U.S. government is shut down. Last week, the CDC updated a couple of national COVID-19 metrics; this week, the agency didn’t even update that national trends page. And even when Congress reaches a budget deal, infectious disease surveillance will remain under threat…
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National COVID-19 trends, October 7
COVID-19 data are limited this week due to the government shutdown, now the second time that vital disease surveillance has been interrupted since Trump took office in January. The CDC has not updated the majority of its COVID-19 and respiratory disease data pages since September 26.
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National COVID-19 trends, September 30
COVID-19 levels continue to decline across much of the U.S. as we proceed down the other side of this summer’s wave. But infectious disease spread remains high, especially in parts of the West Coast and South that had the highest peaks this summer; plus, cases might be trending further up in parts of the Northeast…
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National COVID-19 trends, September 23
After an uncertain few weeks, all available metrics now agree that the U.S. has passed the peak of its summer/early fall COVID-19 surge. But even as disease levels trend down, there is still a lot of SARS-CoV-2 going around, and levels are unlikely to drop too much further as we start getting into colder weather.…
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Epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers shares advice for interpreting COVID-19 and other infectious disease data
To offer guidance on finding and interpreting infectious disease data during these confusing times, managing editor Betsy Ladyzhets talked to Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health and author of the popular newsletter, Force of Infection.
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National COVID-19 trends, September 16
The latest COVID-19 data offer conflicting information about whether or not we’ve passed the peak of this year’s summer/early fall surge. While test positivity and emergency department visit numbers suggest we have, at least in some parts of the country, wastewater surveillance data report widespread increases through early September.
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RECOVER-TLC announces new Long COVID clinical trials, receives mixed reactions from patient community
Some Long COVID advocates and researchers, including those who advised the National Institutes of Health’s initiative, say RECOVER-TLC isn’t living up to its promised ambition.
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National COVID-19 trends, September 9
COVID-19 is still spreading at high levels in the U.S., as the variant XFG collides with the start of a new school year. Some data sources suggest that this summer-into-early fall wave may have reached its peak in parts of the West and South. But indicators are mixed and disease levels are still far from…
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Building a “community wiki” of Long COVID care: Salvatore Mattera on the Help for Long COVID review site
In spring 2025, Salvatore and Stephanie Mattera launched the new site Help for Long COVID, inspired by Salvatore’s challenges finding healthcare after he developed the disease. Managing editor Betsy Ladyzhets spoke to Salvatore Mattera about the project.
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