COVID-19 Archives

05.04.2022 a collage of graphs

Green Spaces for Everybody

COVID-19 infection racial disparities were smaller in counties where there is more green space.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

04.27.2022 Mask and gun

Community Gun Violence During COVID-19

Researchers examined the rate of change in gun violence in Philadelphia census tracts both before and after the pandemic began.

Guest Author Nicole Johnson

04.04.2022 a graph of a number of people with red and blue bars

Eviction Risk Higher for LGBT Adults

The graph provides a snapshot comparing home ownership between LGBT and cisgender straight individuals.

Fellow Bethany Hallenborg

04.01.2022 Megan Ranney

Megan Ranney

Dr. Megan Ranney is an emergency physician, researcher and advocate for innovative approaches to health. Her research focuses on the intersection between digital health, violence prevention, and population health.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

03.28.2022 a graph of survival and social isolation

Health Equity
Aging Populations

Recovering in Isolation

Severely isolated patients had a 119% higher risk of death within one year of ICU admission compared to the most socially-networked patients.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

03.24.2022 a graph of a number of people with blue squares

Is Covid Killing Young Love?

Adolescent couples’ in-person and sexual interactions decreased compared to the period before Covid lockdowns, though by small amounts.

Fellow Connor McCombs

03.18.2022 Saru Jayaraman

Health Equity

Saru Jayaraman

Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage, discusses the health impacts of COVID-19 on the restaurant industry and tipped employees.

Fellow Bethany Hallenborg

03.03.2022 covid overdose map

A Surge in Overdose Deaths During Covid-19

Almost all states experienced increased rates of fatal drug overdose from 2019 to 2020.

Guest Authors Kevin Griffith, Samantha G. Auty

02.21.2022 subway car in empty station

Working from Home? Commuting Beyond Covid-19

Covid-19 and the resulting policy responses negatively impacted public transit ridership in 94 metropolitan areas.

Guest Authors Kenneth B. Medlock, III, Ted Temzelides, Shih Yu (Elsie) Hung

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