COVID-19 Archives

12.09.2024 Close up shot of a protective facial disposable mask sitting on the bed in a hotel suite

Hospital Rooms to Hotel Rooms: NYC’s COVID-19 Response

In 2020, unused hotels were transformed into critical COVID-19 response infrastructure, offering valuable lessons for future public health crises.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

07.01.2024 An older woman wearing a surgical mask looks out of the window during the COVID-19 pandemic

Secluded In a Post-Pandemic World

Since the pandemic, older adults have struggled with re-entering society, raising concerns about the mental health impact of their isolation.

Fellow Jude Sleiman

06.17.2024 Lines of desks in an empty public school classroom

How COVID-19 Affected U.S. Public School Enrollments

The pandemic resulted in the largest decline in public school enrollment in history, with virtual learning districts facing the biggest drop.

Guest Author Micah Baum

05.20.2024

Racial Inequalities in COVID-19 Early Prison Release

While the total prison population decreased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of Black people in state prisons increased.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

05.06.2024

Brick by Brick: Vaccine Clinics in Schools

School-hosted clinics improved access to the COVID-19 vaccine, but vaccine hesitancy may have prevented families in disadvantaged neighborhoods from getting vaccinated.

Fellow Heather Sherr

04.18.2024 Doctor conducting cancer screening on patient

The Missing Case of Cancer Screening Data

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many routine health care visits, including cancer screenings, resulting in an undercounting of cancer diagnoses.

Fellow Heather Sherr

11.16.2023 spatial plot of wastewater treatment plants in Houston, Texas, colored by viral loads

Something In the Water

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater surveillance has emerged as an essential tool for determining where to allocate resources before a viral outbreak emerges.

Fellow Sean Hagan

10.31.2023 prevalence of drug and alcohol use among early adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Early Adolescent Substance Use During COVID-19

While alcohol use steadily declined among early adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of drugs modestly increased.

Fellow Kara Schmidt

10.02.2023 graph depicting pregnancy-associated homicide rates among persons aged 10–44 years by race/ethnicity and age

Vulnerable to Violence: Pregnancy and COVID-19

As COVID-19 lockdown orders trapped victims at home with their abusers, the pregnancy-related homicide rate increased steeply.

Fellow Adna Jaganjac

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