Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Our work in Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Where Is Big Data When We Need It Most?
Electronic health records — which doctors and hospitals have been collecting for a decade — could powerfully and precisely guide the pandemic response.
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Older Adults Living Alone Report Higher Rates of Anxiety and Depression
One-quarter of older adults live alone – more than in any other country. Social and physical restrictions may pose particular challenges for these individuals.
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Are We Overreacting to the Coronavirus? Let’s Do the Math.
When the risk is extreme, such as it is for global warming or COVID-19, public policies should be based on credible worst-case scenarios. Too much is at stake to act otherwise.
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How California’s Smog Alert System Could be Adapted to Fight the Coronavirus
California can manage the coronavirus by adapting a public health tool it pioneered — smog alerts.
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Health Economic Considerations of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Within days of the virus being reported in the U.S., Bill Padula and colleagues began investigating the value of hypothetical treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Is Normalizing Telehealth and That’s a Good Thing
Stuck at home, people are consulting doctors over the internet rather than in person—an approach to healthcare with many lasting benefits.
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WEBINAR: A Short- and Long-Term Approach to COVID-19
A discussion with biotech expert Dr. William A. Haseltine from the USC Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy.
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US Pharmacists Can Now Test for Coronavirus. They Could Do More If Government Allowed It.
As the health care system tries to solve the crisis in care around the coronavirus, pharmacists stand ready to help.
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Responding To COVID-19: Using The CARES Act’s Hospital Fund To Help The Uninsured, Achieve Other Goals
Our researchers explain why a COVID-19 special enrollment period and other policies to expand access to comprehensive health coverage remain necessary.
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Hospitals Closed to Prepare for COVID-19. It is Time to Reopen Most of Them.
The data suggests we need a better strategy for handling patients with the coronavirus who need hospital and ICU beds.
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