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Wastewater testing is vital for public health. It needs sustained funding to continue beyond fall 2026.
Public health organizations are calling for Congress to fund the CDC’s wastewater surveillance program — which tracks COVID-19 and other diseases — in its 2027 budget, while state health departments plan ahead for potential gaps in grants.
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COVID-19 spreads year round. Here’s how to track it.
Our webinar answered common questions about following data for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
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Research updates, January 13
A large, electronic health records study published in JAMA Internal Medicine estimated that over 100,000 Americans died each year between 2022 and 2024 from COVID-19.
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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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Colorado art exhibition showcases creative expressions of Long COVID, advocates for research and treatment
A new exhibition at the Artworks Center for Contemporary Art in Loveland, Colorado, showcases 24 pieces of visual art by 15 artists who live with or are impacted by Long COVID. Within a dynamic gallery space, a diversity of work showcases different aspects of the Long COVID experience under the theme “And Still It Remains.”
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Long COVID data are being erased, again
The lack of comprehensive Long COVID case counts may be considered one of public health’s greatest failures. But as we enter the sixth year of this ongoing pandemic, U.S. institutions are sweeping this mass disabling event under the rug perhaps more than ever before. We can’t let them get away with it.
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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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How we track Covid-19, with wastewater and other data sources
In the last few weeks, I (Betsy) have received a few questions about the national Covid-19 updates that we’ve been publishing every week at The Sick Times. Readers have been particularly interested in how I reference wastewater surveillance, a newer technology for tracking viruses and other health indicators that became prominent during the pandemic.
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