With the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, at least for now, we look back on a handful of stories that provided sharp insights at key moments in the pandemic.
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New data on the second booster suggests the older you are, the more you need it.
A lot has happened since the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. A portrait in data highlights trends in everything from case counts, to research publications, to variant spread.
Biden will begin his presidency in the midst of a global public health crisis that’s already killed over 240,000 people in the US alone. His team is already planning how to get COVID-19 under control.
The CDC has long been a trusted source of health information, keeping the public not only safe but calm in times of disease outbreaks. Public health officials fear now for its reputation.
There’s more to the numbers than what you see on TV.
Even though mental illness is consistently associated with criminal behavior, these conditions are largely undertreated in our prison system.
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Associate Professor of Management, Policy, and Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiolgy, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
