Apr 26 2022
In the first year of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the United States struggled to reach the most vulnerable communities, with Black, brown, indigenous, and immigrant communities less likely to get …
Apr 14 2022
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, hundreds of communities have begun monitoring their wastewater for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Wastewater surveillance offers unique advantages over traditional disease surveillance. Because the data are …
Health U.S. and the Americas
Apr 12 2022
Perspective
In the early hours of December 11, 2021, a group of tornados cut a violent path across six U.S. states, traveling over 250 miles, injuring hundreds of people, and, tragically, …
Apr 07 2022
A partnership form to equip Tribal communities with needed expertise to identify harmful pathogens in wastewater.
Apr 05 2022
Perspective
With the United States over a year into its vaccination campaign, all eyes right now are on Covid-19 rates broken out by vaccination status—measures of the number of Covid-19 cases, …
Mar 29 2022
Perspective
The global Covid-19 response has been unprecedented, but it has also been deeply fragmented and inequitable around the world. While high-income countries are now taking steps to reach the next …
Mar 29 2022
Perspective
One unfortunate axiom in communications work is: if it bleeds, it leads. Another might be: a divider is a headliner. We have seen this at play throughout the news coverage and …
Mar 29 2022
In the early months of 2020, society was on the brink of unimaginable change. Covid-19 was about to radically recast Americans’ understanding of society, science, and safety. As we enter …
Health U.S. and the Americas
Mar 22 2022
Press Releases
At Least Half of Mayors Believe that Housing Programs Should Emphasize Homeownership Over Renting Findings from the Boston University Initiative on Cities’ Menino Survey of Mayors Boston, MA, March 22, 2022 - …
Mar 22 2022
The racial wealth gap is wider for Black and Latinx families compared to White families than for any other racial identifications. Nationwide, it persists across a variety of assets, including …
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