Feb 04 2022
#RFBreakthrough
The Covid-19 pandemic has proven that access to accurate, timely and actionable information is a matter of life and death. Mis- and disinformation has blocked too many people’s opportunity to …
Feb 04 2022
Perspective
In Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Newark, and Oakland, The Rockefeller Foundation’s Equity-First Vaccination Initiative (EVI) supports community-based organizations working to increase vaccine confidence and uptake in communities of color. In this …
Jan 31 2022
Perspective
Much of the response to Covid-19 to date has been reactionary. Travel restrictions were implemented after a new variant had already breached the country. The use of higher-quality masks was …
Jan 28 2022
Perspective
In Durban, South Africa, scientists led by Dr. Tulio de Oliveira, director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, were conducting routine genomic surveillance of …
Jan 28 2022
U.S. Covid-19 Response and Recovery
In January 2022, The Rockefeller Foundation launched Project Access Covid Tests (Project ACT), a public-private partnership paving the way to get more at-home Covid-19 tests in the hands of more …
Jan 28 2022
Press Releases
NEW YORK | January 28, 2022 – The Rockefeller Foundation launches Project Access Covid Tests (Project ACT) to provide free at-home Covid-19 tests directly to vulnerable Americans. Going live at …
Jan 27 2022
Jan 20 2022
Perspective
As 2022 begins, even as another Covid-19 surge sweeps across the globe, there are many reasons to be optimistic. Nothing gives me deeper hope and confidence than the people we …
Jan 19 2022
Press Releases
Research from Duke-Margolis Reiterates Test to Stay’s Effectiveness, but Clarifies Key Technical and Equity Pitfalls Schools Must Avoid New York | January 19, 2022 — A new issue brief, Testing as …
Jan 19 2022
Recently acknowledged by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a key mechanism for keeping schools safe and open, Test to Stay programs allow students who are close …
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