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National COVID-19 trends, November 11
Our view into COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in the U.S. remains severely limited by the government shutdown. While the data we do have suggest that COVID-19 spread is low to moderate across much of the country, wastewater surveillance indicates that cases are starting to increase in the Northeast and Midwest. Flu and RSV cases…
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National COVID-19 trends, November 4
COVID-19 levels seem to be lower than usual for this time of year across much of the U.S. But that’s based on limited, inconsistent data, as we are now more than a month into a CDC data blackout caused by the government shutdown. That lack of data makes it harder to identify COVID-19 hotspots as…
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National COVID-19 trends, October 28
We’ve now passed one month into the U.S. government shutdown — and one month without COVID-19 or other infectious disease data updates from the CDC. COVID-19 levels seem to still be in a lull between waves in much of the country, based on available sources, but the situation is very uncertain. And there are signs…
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Shutdown leaves gaps in states’ health data, possibly endangering lives
As the federal shutdown continues, states have been forced to fall back on their own resources to spot disease outbreaks — just as respiratory illness season begins.
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It’s been a month. And we still don’t know much about Kennedy’s Long COVID consortium.
Preliminary meetings are occurring amid the ongoing government shutdown, while some advocates call for Health Secretary Kennedy’s removal
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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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