COVID-19
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National COVID-19 trends, December 3
As expected, the U.S.’s winter surge is getting started, though disease levels are still lower than usual for this time of year. Our latest data are from the week leading up to Thanksgiving, so these numbers don’t yet reflect travel and gatherings for the holiday — we’ll see that in future updates. Meanwhile, other viruses,…
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National COVID-19 trends, November 26
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: COVID-19 levels remain moderate this week across the U.S., continuing the plateau that we’ve been experiencing over the last month. But there are signs our expected winter increase is starting in some…
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National COVID-19 trends, November 19
COVID-19 levels are much lower than normal for this time of year as the U.S. remains in a plateau between surges — though note that lower than normal still means much higher than the true lows we experienced earlier in the pandemic. Meanwhile, respiratory viruses like flu and RSV are starting to pick up. While…
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National COVID-19 trends, November 12
Our moderate lull between surges continues. COVID-19 levels in the U.S. remain lower than typical for this time of year — though still much higher than the true lows in 2020-2021. While the expected winter wave has not picked up yet, it remains important to take precautions against SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses, particularly as H5N1…
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Live blog: Following the Fall 2024 PolyBio Symposium on Long COVID research
On Friday, a number of prominent Long COVID scientists are set to present updates on their work at the PolyBio Research Foundation’s fall research symposium. PolyBio is a leading organization in supporting formative Long COVID science; it has backed research into Long COVID’s biological causes as well as clinical trials aiming to address those underlying…
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National COVID-19 trends, November 5
The U.S. remains at a moderate point between surges. Following two months of clear declines, COVID-19 metrics now indicate a plateau, suggesting we are unlikely to see disease spread get much lower before a widely-anticipated winter wave begins. As I’ve said in previous weeks, much more virus is circulating during this lull than during true…
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A brief, oral history of mask blocs: Part 3
U.S. government officials began introducing mask ban proposals and legislation during the summer and fall of 2024, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has killed at least 40,000 Americans this year. Mask blocs in impacted regions were sometimes the only groups poised or willing to respond. In this final piece of a three-part series, mask…
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National COVID-19 trends, October 29
Our quieter period between surges continues. Most COVID-19 data sources report that disease spread remains moderate and decreasing in the U.S., but some metrics indicate that spread could be starting to increase again in a few states. This remains a good time to get up-to-date on vaccines and prepare for a likely winter surge; though…
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National COVID-19 trends, October 22
The U.S. continues to be in a lull of moderate COVID-19 spread between the summer and winter surges. While disease levels may be somewhat lower than this time last year (according to wastewater surveillance), they are still much higher than the true periods of low spread we experienced in 2020 and 2021.
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Research updates, October 15
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