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A Year of Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Racial and Ethnic Minorities Have Been Hardest Hit
Schaeffer Center experts found that 34% of all LA County households (approximately 1.2 million households) experienced food insecurity between April and December of 2020. We also found marked racial and ethnic disparities in food insecurity during the pandemic.
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Diet Changes in L.A. County During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In July and October 2020, Schaeffer Center experts collected data about diet and weight change through the Understanding Coronavirus in America tracking survey
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Don’t Make Surgery Another COVID Casualty
Investing in minimally invasive tools can free up valuable beds when pandemic surges threaten to overwhelm hospitals, argues Van Nuys and Lakdawalla in MedPage Today.
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Evaluation of the Abbott BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children: Implications for Screening in a School Setting
A new USC study on BinaxNOW rapid antigen tests shows promise for schools, especially if the schools use serial testing, such as twice a week.
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The coronavirus is impacting every aspect of our lives. Schaeffer Center experts are informing the conversation with their analysis on its impact on health, the economy, public policy, and human behavior. To get in contact with our experts, email Stephanie Hedt, Director of Communications, at hedt@usc.edu.
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Back to School: The Effect of School Visits During COVID-19 on COVID-19 Transmission
Researchers find that increases in county-level in-person visits to schools lead to an increase in COVID-19 diagnoses among households with children relative to households without school-age children.
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Rapid Antigen Tests Catch the Most Contagious Children, a Study Finds
Research from Schaeffer Center expert Neeraj Sood was featured in The New York Times. Sood and colleagues found that rapid antigen tests detect about half of children infected with COVID-19, but more than 90% of the most contagious children.
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Rapid COVID Tests Used Twice Weekly Could Detect Most Contagious School-Aged Kids
While COVID-19 hospitalizations are down, a new Schaeffer Center white paper highlights the importance of investing in minimally invasive technologies that will allow hospitals to prepare for future surges.
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Mental Associations with COVID-19 and How They Relate with Self-Reported Protective Behaviors
Adoption of protective behaviors for COVID-19 depends on what disease individuals associated with the novel coronavirus.
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“Vaccine Passport” Certification — Policy and Ethical Considerations
An analysis of the policy and ethical considerations of implementing vaccine passports broadly.
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Why the Vaccine Guidelines Work Against Blacks
By making COVID vaccine eligibility based on age, Black communities were left out despite making up a larger portion of COVID-19 deaths and infections.
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