COVID-19
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National Covid-19 trends, June 18
California and nearby West Coast states continue to bear the brunt of this summer’s Covid-19 surge so far, with high wastewater levels and increasing burden on the healthcare system. Data signals are mixed for other parts of the country as newer variants continue to spread.
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Learning how to live and die with Long Covid
by Miles W. Griffis, High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News. The heady scent of wet creosote hung in the air the morning we skirted impossible alluvial fans on our way to the lowest point in North America. Since the Pleistocene, Badwater Basin, 236 feet below sea level, has primarily…
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National Covid-19 trends, June 11
Following the same trends from recent weeks, the U.S.’s expected summer Covid-19 wave continues to rise. According to wastewater surveillance and our limited healthcare system data, infections are rising quickly in California and other West Coast states, and progressing more slowly (but still increasing) in other regions.
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National Covid-19 trends, June 4
Our annual summer Covid-19 wave continues to progress in the U.S., with wastewater testing and other early indicators pointing to slow-but-steady increases in disease spread. West Coast states, especially Hawaii and California, are reporting the greatest increases. Even with delayed and spotty data, we have enough information to signal this is a good time to…
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National Covid-19 trends, May 28
Covid-19 metrics show continued signs that we’re at the start of a summer wave in the U.S., with the West Coast reporting more of a pronounced increase in transmission than other regions. Newer variants with the FLiRT mutations are contributing to this increase, but it will be a few more weeks before we understand their…
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National Covid-19 trends, May 21
Following last week’s trends, U.S. Covid-19 metrics continue to indicate that we may be at the beginning of a summer surge, thanks to our lack of collective safety measures combined with the latest variants. Unfortunately, the U.S. just lost another Covid-19 metric, as wastewater surveillance company Biobot Analytics announced that it is shutting down its…
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National Covid-19 trends, May 14
Wastewater surveillance and testing data suggest that the U.S. might be at the very beginning of a summer surge in Covid-19 cases, driven by a perpetual lack of collective safety measures and the newer variant KP.2. Without safety measures or long-lasting vaccines, the country faces a wave of reinfections every few months.
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National Covid-19 trends, May 7
Covid-19 spread in the U.S. is still at a lull, following the trend we’ve observed since mid-March. In this era of the pandemic, though, low points in transmission still mean thousands of new infections every day. And the CDC just stopped tracking Covid-19 hospitalizations, removing one of our more reliable data sources as a new…
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National Covid-19 trends, April 30
The U.S.’s lull between Covid-19 surges continues, with hospitalizations for the disease reaching their lowest value in over a year — though we’re about to lose that data source. As I’ve pointed out multiple times in recent weeks, there is still a lot of SARS-CoV-2 transmission going on even when CDC maps are colored all…
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National Covid-19 trends, April 23
Covid-19 levels continue to be on the lower side across the U.S., as the country is in a lull between surges. But mild metrics from the CDC hide the fact that even during a lull, thousands of people are getting sick daily. And new variants are on the horizon, leading some scientists to warn of…
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