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COVID-19 trackersCDC’s COVID-19 Wastewater surveillance tracker: The agency recently added this tracking tool to its COVID-19 dashboard. Public health officials are sampling wastewater — water that returns to the public utility system after it’s been used for an everyday purpose — flushing a toilet, bathing, washing dishes, etc. — at more than 200 locations in 10 states to detect traces of SARS-CoV-2, which is shed in the feces of those who are infected with the virus. The tracker offers a picture of national COVID-19 trends — an uptick or downtick in SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater has consistently preceded an increase or decrease in COVID-19 cases. For example, between the weeks of Jan. 23 and Feb. 6, there was a decline in SARS-CoV-2 in the wastewater in most locations, and the number of COVID-19 cases is now falling too. Jeremy Faust, M.D., M.S., an emergency room doctor and health policy researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Benjy Renton, of Ariadne Labs at Brigham and Women’s and the Harvard Chan School of Public HealthCheck created this “circuit breaker status” map of U.S. counties that indicates which hospitals are at high risk for being overwhelmed in the next one to 10 days by SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospital capacity. The Morehouse School of Medicine has created a dashboard for tracking the racial and ethnic data related to COVID-19. The Morehouse Tracker incorporates data from the CDC, the Census, and other sources to provide comprehensive information on cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, and showing which communities have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. See here: https://healthequitytracker.org/exploredata To get vaccination numbers for U.S. states, counties, and metropolitan areas in an easily downloadable format go to the Department of Health and Human Service’s new Community Profile Report page Here: https://beta.healthdata.gov/Health/COVID-19-Community-Profile-Report/gqxm-d9w9 These report will help local reporters find COVID-19 data, including information on cases, deaths, PCR tests, hospitalizations—and now, vaccines for communities. For counties and metro areas, the reports include numbers and percentages of people who have been fully vaccinated, reported for the overall population and for those 65 and older. For states, the reports include more comprehensive information that matches the data available at the CDC’s COVID Data Tracker. In February 2021, a group of international epidemiologists, backed by Google, launched Global.health, a huge open-access epidemiological data collection site. Scientists can access up to 10 million anonymized Covid-19 records from 160 countries. Each record contains up to 40 data points about cases, including demographics, travel history, testing dates, and outcomes. The project was inspired by a spreadsheet in the pandemic’s earliest days, an effort born when a group of epidemiologists decided to collect and openly share granular data on individual Covid-19 cases around the world. See the Stat story about the site. HHS Coronavirus Data Hub: HHS needed a central way to make data collected by various operating divisions, including CDC, CMS, HRSA, and others, visible to first responders at federal, state, and local levels and it needed to collect this data as fast as possible. To fulfill this need, HHS built HHS Protect, a secure data ecosystem powered by eight commercial technologies for sharing, parsing, housing, and accessing COVID-19 data and driven by four principles: transparency, sharing, privacy, and security. Here are the World Health Organization's daily situation reports on the coronavirus. White House Coronavirus Task Force reports on individual states: The White House Coronavirus Task Force issues weekly reports to governors about the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic. But it doesn’t make these reports public, even though they contain data about where infection rates are rising. The Center for Public Integrity has stepped in to collect and publish the reports on its website. The center so has obtained reports from 29 states. To access them, go here, then scroll down the page about halfway. COVID-19 Research database: A public/private database created by a partnership including: Datavant, Health Care Cost Institute, Medidata, Mirador Analytics, Veradigm, Change Healthcare, Snowflake and many others research database enables public health and policy researchers to use real-world data to better understand and combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The database is a pro-bono, cross-industry collaborative, composed of institutions donating technology service, healthcare expertise, and limited and de-identified data. Data include health insurance and state mortality information. Nextstrain tracks the strains of COVID-19 as they mutate and spread around the world. Scientists Richard Neher and Emma Hodcroft, at the University of Basel in Switzerland, created the website. Click on the site and watch the virus as it spreads around the world. Labs around the world are sequencing the genomes of the virus taken from people with COVID-19 and uploading it into a database overseen by Neher and Hodcraft, who then input the data for everyone to see. The LA-based media production company Wondros created a COVID-19 Navigator, dashboard that has collated information about the disease from the Centers for Disease Control, Consumer Reports, CNN the National Institutes of Health, the LA Times, USA Today and the World Health Organization. The Dashboard features five buttons that lead to a deeper dive on facts about Covid-19, such, getting what you need, staying inside, staying safe and what happens next. For example, the “Getting What I Need” button covers advice on grocery shopping, ordering from restaurants, home deliveries, prescriptions and seeing the doctor for non-urgent needs. Another one covers myths about COVID-19, which says: Misinformation is circulating about the virus. First and foremost, COVID-19 is not a hoax. Also, hot baths, cold weather, UV lamps and pneumonia vaccination do not prevent coronavirus. For more myths and facts visit the World Health Organization website. Stanford University’s Big Local News and Pitch Interactive — with support from the Google News Initiative — created the COVID-19 Case Mapper to make it possible for local journalists and others to easily embed up-to-date coronavirus map visualizations on their websites. The map offers state and county views, with a simple interface for embedding on a site. The numbers behind the map automatically update, pulling in data collected daily and made public by The New York Times. The goal was to make something easy for local journalists to use so they can concentrate on other important stories. The Surgo Foundation, a philanthropy organization based in the U.S. and London, created this COVID-19 community vulnerability map, utilizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's social vulnerability index data, which predicts the expected negative impact of any disaster. The tool is aimed at helping communities determine where best to allocate resources. Take a look to see if your community might be considered vulnerable. The Kaiser Family Foundation has launched a COVID-19 state tracker that they expect to update daily. Among the state-level data you’ll find in the tracker: Guided by common values, Covid Act Now is a multidisciplinary team of technologists, epidemiologists, health experts, and public policy leaders working to provide disease intelligence and data analysis on COVID in the U.S. The site published its first version of the model on March 20. More than 10 million Americans have used the model since. They've engaged with dozens of federal, state, and local government officials, including the U.S. military and White House, to assist with response planning. COVID-19 Projections (U.S. and state-by state data) from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), independent global health researchers at the University of Washington. COVID-19 Compiler aims to display relevant data about the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States. The goal is to provide a multidimensional view of COVID-19’s impact in counties across the US encompassing the mapping of vulnerable populations, state and local policies to reduce transmission, and data on medical / health care resources. The site is updated daily with the latest data available on the outbreak. This site was designed and developed by Topos, a machine learning and location intelligence startup based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Community dataThe National Institutes of Health created the National COVID Cohort Collaborative to collate deidentified electronic health record data on COVID19. The Collaborative data is available for free to academic researchers, clinicians and citizen scientists and includes data on adult COVID-19 cases, pediatric COVID-19 cases, medications, Long-COVID, reinfections, mortality and COVID-19 patients with diabetes and who smoke. See here for the site and to download data. The data from the site has provided insight into question such as the mortality risk for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Assessing one’s personal risk for dying from or becoming hospitalized from COVID-19 is extremely challenging, so epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina did it for all of us and in real-world examples that we can all understand. Check out her charts and data here, which she compiled for her newsletter “Your Local Epidemiologist.” Here are a few examples of risk evaluations based on her calculations: “For a vaccinated 18-49 year old, the risk of dying from an Omicron infection is less than the annual risk of dying on the road.” And “For an unvaccinated 65 year old, the risk of dying from an Omicron infection is about as risky as 1.5 years of heroin use.” The National Institutes of Health has created an open access data resources platform on COVID-19 for researchers. These resources are being provided by federal agencies, including NIH, public consortia, and private entities. Vaccine Tracker: Bloomberg News has created this comprehensive tracker of COVID vaccine doses administered in the United States and globally. The site has a nice map and consistency updated data. Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its 500 Cities Project, a 2016 initiative to provide city- and neighborhood-level health estimates for a large portion of the nation’s population. The project is being renamed PLACES, and provides Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates to the entire United States to show the prevalence of chronic diseases and the health impacts on underserved communities. PLACES provides data estimates for 27 health measures for four U.S. geographic levels: counties, incorporated and census-designated places, census tracts, and ZIP codes. The chronic disease measures focus on health outcomes, unhealthy behaviors, and prevention practices that have a substantial impact on people’s health. The CDC says PLACES can be used to:
Risk Assessment tools: Without national guidelines, individuals have been left to determine what activities are safe and what are not when it comes to the risk of becoming infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. To help, these two sites estimate risk. One is called the microCOVID project, which estimates an individuals’ risk based on location, the number of people the activity will involve, mask types, and more. Another site is Georgia Tech's COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool. This tool provides precise information about risk levels in states and counties. CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has estimates on a selected number of key issues, such as loss of work due to illness with COVID-19, telemedicine access and use before and during the pandemic, and reduced access to specific types of health care due to the pandemic. The data come from the Research and Development Survey (RANDS), a platform designed for conducting survey question evaluation and statistical research. RANDS estimates were generated using an experimental approach that differs from the survey design approaches generally used by NCHS, including possible biases from different response patterns and increased variability from lower sample sizes. Use of the RANDS platform allowed NCHS to produce more timely data than would have been possible using traditional data collection methods. The first of two rounds of RANDS during COVID-19 data collection occurred between June 9, 2020 and July 6, 2020 and are presented on the web site. On Aug. 26, 2020, NCHS hosted a webinar on RANDS. To learn more, visit this link. The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), which represents the country’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, launched its COVID-19 Data Lab, a data tool for people to see the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on local communities. NACCHO plans to keep evolving the site over time, as more information is gathered about the outbreak. In the first iteration, users can access the interactive COVID-19 Dashboard to explore the extent of COVID-19 tests, cases, and deaths in communities and counties. Going forward, additional data points will be included, as available, to provide clearer, more nuanced information critical to supporting the COVID-19 response at the community level. See the link here: https://covid19-naccho.hub.arcgis.com/ Live tracker: How many coronavirus cases have been reported in each U.S. state? Beatrice Jin, Politico The Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering built and is regularly updating an online dashboard for tracking the worldwide spread of the coronavirus outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The site displays statistics about deaths and confirmed cases of coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV, across a worldwide map. It also allows visitors to download the data for free. “We think it is important for the public to have an understanding of the outbreak situation as it unfolds with transparent data sources,” said Lauren Gardner, a civil engineering professor and Johns Hopkins’ Center for Systems Science and Engineering co-director,. "For the research community, this data will become more valuable as we continue to collect it over time.” The statistics behind the data visualization are being collected from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, and Dingxiangyuan, a social networking site for health care professionals that provides real-time information on cases. Journalist Matt Kauffman has compiled a list of more than 50 state, county and municipal governments that have made available COVID-related data by race and ethnicity. This blog post explains the spreadsheet. DisparitiesPopulation Level Analysis and Community Estimates
To track the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, the COVID-19 Tracking projected partnered with the Antiracist Research & Policy Center to create the COVID Racial data tracker. The Washington Post mapped the percentage of individuals with high-risk health conditions relative to the nation’s average for each census tract, along with data on racial demographics, household overcrowding, health insurance coverage and the CDC’s social vulnerability index. The map includes every census tract in the country. The data allowed investigative data reporter Aaron Williams and graphics reporter Adrian Blanco to conclude that a majority of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Washington, D.C. are “in some of the city’s densest neighborhoods, which have large majority-minority populations as well as high rates of chronic health conditions," they told the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg. The findings highlight long-standing health disparities which have left disadvantaged communities far more vulnerable during the pandemic. There is growing concern about racial and ethnic disparities in the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the Solutions Journalism Network, which helps journalists use data in finding and reporting evidence-based solutions stories, assembled a database of state and local governments that are reporting cases and deaths disaggregated by race and ethnicity, with links to the data. Journalists can use the numbers to highlight disparities in their region and compared it other the situation to other parts of the country. RTNDA's guide to COVID dataThe Radio Television Digital News Association published a comprehensive guide to understanding and reporting on COVID-19 data. The guide defines the meaning of positivity rate, infection rate, hospitalizations, recovered cases, fatalities and fatality rates, how they are each determined and offers cautionary notes on each data point. The guide also provides links to where to find these different data points on the Internet. Solutions dataJournalists rely on data to confirm and inform key aspects of their reporting, often focusing on the worst performers in a given dataset and overlooking positive deviants — the people, businesses, organizations and lawmakers who are innovating creative responses to tackle their community’s toughest challenges. Datasets can be a good place to find these positive deviants, and we’ve compiled 15 that are tracking various aspects of COVID-19’s billowing sweep around the world. Over time, this data will help reveal who’s making progress, and what might be learned from it. Transmission dataThe coronavirus is spread through the air, especially in indoor spaces. While it is not as infectious as measles, scientists now openly acknowledge the role played by the transmission of aerosols – tiny contagious particles exhaled by an infected person that remain suspended in the air of an indoor environment. How does the transmission work? El Pais has posted an excellence graphic representation of transmission and spread - and how to prevent it. VaccinationsWebsite for answering vaccination questions for people at high risk for COVID-19 The California Chronic Care Coalition (CCCC), in collaboration with the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) and other partner organizations, have launched YourVaccinationGuide.org, a website designed to inform the public about all adult vaccinations including those for COVID-19. The website is aimed at those at high risk for COVID-19 or other diseases but might have concerns about the safety of vaccines for COVID-19 and in general. The website features a section on COVID-19 vaccines specifically, including frequently asked questions, as well as a general vaccination page containing information on other vaccines recommended for adults and teens. The website is updated with the latest information on COVID-19 vaccines and will also soon be available in Spanish. Vaccination Rates To get vaccination statistics for U.S. states, counties, and metropolitan areas in an easily downloadable format, go to the Department of Health and Human Service’s new Community Profile Report page: https://beta.healthdata.gov/Health/COVID-19-Community-Profile-Report/gqxm-d9w9. These reports will help local reporters find COVID-19 data, including information on cases, deaths, PCR tests, hospitalizations, and now, vaccines for communities. For counties and metro areas, the reports include numbers and percentages of people who have been fully vaccinated, reported for the overall population, and those age 65 and older. For states, the reports include more comprehensive information that matches the data available at the CDC’s COVID Data Tracker. The Vaccination Dashboard hosted at The University of Alabama at Birmingham uses data from the PathCheck Foundation, a global nonprofit dedicated to creating healthy and resilient communities by protecting public health, containing pandemics, and strengthening economies while preserving individual privacy. Found out the latest numbers on worldwide vaccinations, U.S. vaccinations, state vaccinations, vaccine doses available and more. Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine Data The following are links to the published data and ClinicalTrials.gov records for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (BNT162b2):
Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Data The following are links to the published data and ClinicalTrials.gov records for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273):
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine Data The following are links to the published data and ClinicalTrials.gov records for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine (BNT162b2):
AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Data The following are links to the published data and ClinicalTrials.gov records for the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1/AZD1222) – not currently authorized in the US:
The following studies investigate how well the COVID-19 vaccines prevent infection—when a virus enters the body’s cells and begins replicating — aside from simply preventing disease, when symptoms actually occur. While not necessarily exhaustive, these are the majority of studies available on infection prevention of the vaccines through April 20, 2021.
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