Recent Posts on Pandemic

Graphic showing how herd immunity works.

The Role and Risk of Herd Immunity When It Comes to COVID-19

Pie chart showing $2.6 trillion in spending in response to COVID-19

GAO’s review of the federal response to COVID-19

The figure below shows the 2 broad categories of infectious disease models: mechanistic models, which use scientific understanding of disease dynamics and human behavior, and statistical models, which rely only on patterns in the data.

Disease modeling: How Math Can Help In A Pandemic

Photo showing a prison pharmacy

COVID-19 Potential Impact on Prisons’ Populations and Health Care Costs

The Reward and Risk of Expediting COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Development

Photo of an older woman in a wheel chair

Protecting Nursing Home Residents from Infections like COVID-19

Photo of a nurse or medical practitioner and a patient.

A Critical Shortage of Nurses

Photo showing a cellphone receiving a robocall

As COVID-19 aid arrives, be on the lookout for scams

Photo of inside of a military vehicle in flooded area.

Is FEMA Ready to Respond to Emergencies?

Graphic showing how CRISPR gene editing works.

CRISPR: A Technology That Could Help In the Fight Against COVID-19

Photo of an older woman sitting on her porch.

Providing Services to Older Adults Isolated Due to COVID-19

Photo of the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort docked in New York Harbor.

The Military’s Pandemic Response—Supporting Civil Authorities