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MMWR Early Release, September 15, 2020: SARS-CoV-2-Associated Deaths Among Persons Aged <21 Years -- United States, February 12-July 31, 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of early release MMWR contains the following article: "SARS-CoV-2 [Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]-Associated Deaths Among Persons Aged
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-15
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Protect Privacy When Contact Tracing
From the Webpage: "Because contact tracing technologies analyze sensitive information about citizens' locations, they raise civil liberties concerns. Here's how lawmakers can make them effective and protective of sensitive data."
Cato Institute
Sanchez, Julian; Feeney, Matthew
2020-09-15
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Moral Failure in Israel's Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Executive Summary: "Israel is different from other democracies in two ways: it has moral political values that are set forth in its Basic Laws; and its values are derived from Jewish morality. This means that Israel is not just a democracy; it is a Jewish democracy. The fight against COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] requires difficult decision-making, and those decisions should be based on the country's moral values. Instead, Israel is acting in contravention of its own moral values. Because those values are contained in its laws, this means the law is being violated as well."
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA Center)
Shai, Hanan
2020-09-15
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CARES Act Payroll Support to Air Carriers and Contractors [Updated September 15, 2020]
From the Document: "The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136), signed into law on March 27, 2020, provided assistance to consumers and businesses, including aid to air carriers and eligible contractors. Emergency funds also were provided to eligible airports. Assistance to air carriers in Division A, Title IV of the CARES Act included loans and loan guarantees, funds to support the pay and benefits of air carrier workers, and a suspension of aviation excise taxes on air transport of people, cargo, and aviation fuel through calendar year 2020. This Insight focuses on the payroll support program (PSP)."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
2020-09-15
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Balancing Tradeoffs Between Liberties and Lives
From the Article: "Policymakers and the public should recognize that: [1] the public health response to a pandemic requires tradeoffs: evaluating how much a society should be willing to pay to mitigate death and suffering caused by the disease; [2] cost‐benefit analysis is a rational framework for evaluating those tradeoffs; [3] such analysis involves ascribing a dollar value for each statistical life saved by government policies, derived with reference to how much workers are willing to pay in labor markets to avoid mortality risks; [4] policies that save lives have economic costs and that these policies reduce nonmarket liberties, an effect that is likely significant in magnitude; and [5] current evidence suggests that voluntary social distancing has a much larger impact than policy on both disease transmission and economic outcomes."
Cato Institute
Miron, Jeffrey A.; Van Doren, Peter
2020-09-15
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Resources for Tracking Federal COVID-19 Spending [Updated September 15, 2020]
From the Document: "Congress has responded to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with supplemental appropriations measures providing relief and assistance to individuals and families, state and local governments, businesses, health care providers, and other entities. [...] This report provides selected sources for tracking COVID-19 relief and assistance spending. It includes links to and information on government sources detailing spending amounts at various levels, including consolidated spending by multiple government agencies, spending by individual government agencies, and spending to specific recipients and geographies. The sources themselves are large government databases, individual agencies, oversight entities, and selected nongovernmental entities that attempt to repackage information on spending amounts obtained from available government sources."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Teefy, Jennifer; Kreiser, Maria
2020-09-15
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Indicators for Dynamic School Decision-Making
From the Document: "It is critical for schools to open as safely and as quickly as possible for in-person learning. To enable schools to open and remain open, it is important to adopt and correctly and consistently implement actions to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus that causes COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], not only inside the school, but also in the community. This means that students, families, teachers, school staff, and all community members should take actions to protect themselves and others where they live, work, learn, and play. In short, success in preventing the introduction and subsequent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in schools is connected to and dependent upon preventing transmission in communities."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-15
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Weekly Epidemiological Update [13 September 2020]
From the Document: "In the week from 7 through 13 September, there were over 1.8 million new cases of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], comparable to the previous seven days; while deaths increased slightly as compared to the previous week, with over 40,600 deaths reported."
World Health Organization
2020-09-13
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Guide to Global Digital Tools for COVID-19 Response
From the Document: "The guide compares the District Health Information Software (DHIS2), the Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS), Go.Data, Open Data Kit (ODK), Epi Info, CommCare, KoboToolbox, Excel, and paper. Each has been deployed in various countries for contact tracing, investigations, and/or, in the case of DHIS2 and SORMAS, national surveillance. Paper is also included because it continues to be used and there are a number of resources available online for the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] response. This guide is not meant to be an all encompassing guide to all available tools or features. Rather is it focused on the primary tools that are being reported to CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and the functions that are commonly asked about. It is meant to be a dynamic resource that will be updated as additional tools are reported from the field offices and as additional questions about the functional elements arise."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-12
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Interim Operational Considerations for Public Health Management of Healthcare Workers Exposed to or with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19: Non-U.S. Healthcare Settings
From the Target Audience: "These operational considerations are intended to be used by healthcare facilities and public health authorities in non-U.S. healthcare settings, particularly focusing on low- and middle-income countries, assisting with the management of HCWs [healthcare workers] exposed to a person with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. This includes but is not limited to: [1] Healthcare facility leadership; [2] Infection prevention and control (IPC) staff; [3] Occupational health and worker safety staff; [4] Public health staff at the national and sub-national level[.]"
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-12
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Risk Calculus of Covid-19: How We Avoid a Second National Lockdown This Winter
From the Overview: "Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] is still with us. As we enter autumn and when winter closes in, it will remain with us. It will be there next spring and likely summer too. It will be an enduring presence that we must learn to live with and alongside. This necessitates a risk calculus that restores confidence for people to safely participate economically and socially. It is a constant balancing act: Shut down all risk and cause irreparable harm to the economy. Accept too much risk and hospitals quickly become overwhelmed."
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Miller, Brianna; Sleat, Daniel; Wain, Ryan
2020-09-12
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity, Week 37 [September 12, 2020]
From the Key Updates: "Nationally, indicators that track COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] activity continued to decline or remain stable (change of ≤0.1%); however, two regions reported a slight increase in the percentage of specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus causing COVID-19, and four regions reported a slight increase in the percent of visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) to outpatient providers or emergency departments (EDs). Mortality attributed to COVID-19 declined but remains above the epidemic threshold."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-12
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Mail Voting Litigation in the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Abstract: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has spawned an avalanche of litigation regarding the appropriate ways to adapt, apply, and administer election rules amid the pandemic. Due to the increased demand for mail voting, plaintiffs in more than 43 states across the country have filed more than 200 cases challenging nearly every aspect of the absentee balloting process, asserting claims under a variety of state and federal laws. This report outlines the many legal challenges to absentee and mail voting systems brought against states since March, largely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While most cases seek to expand the availability of or loosen restrictions associated with mail voting, some cases challenge the expansion of absentee voting, arguing that mail-in voting leads to fraud and thereby dilutes the influence of genuine voters."
Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project
Menter, Aviel; Raymond-Sidel, Thea; Perry, Alexander . . .
2020-09-12
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During COVID-19 in Low Resource, Non-US Settings Sharing and Shifting Tasks to Maintain Essential Healthcare
From the Purpose: "The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed a substantial burden on many healthcare systems worldwide as they struggle to treat both COVID-19 patients and maintain essential primary care services. The burden may be even greater in low-resource non-US settings, where healthcare systems are often already overtaxed and struggling to provide services to patients in need due to a shortage in the healthcare workforce. The World Health Organization (WTO) outlines two approaches to expand and ensure access to essential health services by optimizing the use of existing healthcare workforce: task shifting and task sharing. Task shifting and task sharing allow for the shifting of tasks from highly qualified healthcare workers (HCWs) to HCWs with less training and less qualifications and the sharing of tasks with an equally qualified cadre of HCWs, respectively. This allows for more efficient use of available human resources working in overburdened health systems during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-11
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 11, 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Hurricane Evacuation Laws in Eight Southern U.S. Coastal States - December 2018"; "Frequent Mental Distress Among Adults, by Disability Status, Disability Type, and Selected Characteristics - United States, 2018"; "Prevalence of Underlying Medical Conditions Among Selected Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 31 States, 2017-2018"; "Delay or Avoidance of Medical Care Because of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]-Related Concerns - United States, June 2020"; "Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities - United States, July 2020"; "Infants with Congenital Disorders Identified Through Newborn Screening - United States, 2015-2017"; "Newborn Screening Practices and Alpha-Thalassemia Detection - United States, 2016"; and "'QuickStats': Age-Adjusted Lung Cancer Death* Rates,† by State - National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-11
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MMWR Early Release, September 11, 2020: Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 Outbreaks Associated with Child Care Facilities -- Salt Lake City, Utah, April-July 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of early release MMWR contains the following article:"Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 Outbreaks Associated with Child Care Facilities -- Salt Lake City, Utah, April-July 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-11
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CDC Interim Guidance for General Population Disaster Shelters During the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Purpose: "This document provides interim guidance to reduce the risk of introducing and transmitting COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] in general population disaster shelters before, during, or after a disaster."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-10
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Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
From the Document: "This interim guidance is for clinicians caring for patients with confirmed infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] will update this interim guidance as more information becomes available."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-10
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COVID-19 Impact on the Banking Industry: Lag Between Recession and Bank Distress [September 10, 2020]
From the Document: "Economic recessions and financial crises can cause distress in the banking industry. Typically, there is a lag between the onset of a recession and the peak of bank industry distress. The economic effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could similarly stress the banking industry, perhaps acutely, given the sudden and unprecedented nature of the economic contraction. Even though this contraction is severe, a lag is expected, and certain provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Recovery Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136) may lengthen it."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Scott, Andrew P.; Perkins, David W.
2020-09-10
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COVID-19: Selected Financial and Social Service Resources for Older Americans [Updated September 10, 2020]
From the Document: "The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused economic distress to many older Americans due to job loss, business closings, and financial market conditions. This Insight provides links to selected CRS [Congressional Research Service] products and related resources that address some issues for older populations."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Breslauer, Tamar B.; Overbay, Abigail R.; Napili, Angela
2020-09-10
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Global Pandemic, Local Devastation: Frontline Efforts to Support the Most Vulnerable
From the Executive Summary: "Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] has had a devastating impact on those most vulnerable to modern slavery. Around the world, communities already suffering from poverty and exploitation have borne the brunt of the virus and its accompanying economic fallout. Lockdowns and the shuttering of factories have pushed millions of families to the brink of starvation. Remittances have dried up as borders have closed and migrant workers have returned home. To cover emergency medical bills or other basic needs, many are resorting to taking out high interest loans despite the risk of falling into debt bondage. More children are being sent to work or married off. Vulnerability to traffickers is rising. [...] This report provides an update on the situation in each of our program locations, as well as summarising the activities undertaken so far by our partners with ERF [Emergency Response Fund] funding, and the early impact we're seeing. This is a mere snapshot, as response activities will continue across all our program locations for some time."
Freedom Fund
2020-09-10?
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COVID-19 Impact on the Banking Industry: Conditions in the Second Quarter of 2020 [September 10, 2020]
From the Document: "The economic ramifications of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could cause borrowers to miss loan payments, potentially to the point of individual banks or the bank industry becoming distressed. How and to what degree banks will be affected is uncertain. Comprehensive bank data are collected and released quarterly and provide indicators of industry health. On August 25, 2020, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released the 'Quarterly Banking Profile: Second Quarter 2020,' which reports aggregate data from all 5,066 FDIC-insured institutions as of June 30, 2020. This Insight presents certain data that may indicate how the pandemic is affecting banks."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Perkins, David W.; Gnanarajah, Raj
2020-09-10
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EMR-ISAC: Infogram, Volume 20 Issue 37, September 10, 2020
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following articles: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] responsible for most line of duty deaths so far in 2020"; "NACCHO [National Association of County and City Health Officials] releases 2019 National Profile of Local Health Departments"; "PHMSA [Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration] amends rules allowing transport of bulk methane"; "Webinars: fire response & unrest; responding to 2 disasters at once"; "Ransomware Red Flags: 7 Signs You're About to Get Hit"; "Local government most frequently targeted by ransomware"; and "US agencies must adopt vulnerability-disclosure policies by 2021."
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2020-09-10
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: BioCheck Inc., BioCheck SARS-CoV-2 IgM Antibody Test Kit
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the BioCheck SARS-CoV-2 IgM [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 immunoglobulin M] Antibody Test Kit."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
2020-09-09
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers:Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise Co., Ltd., Wantai SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Kit
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the Wantai SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 real-time/reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction] Kit. The Wantai SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Kit is authorized for use with oropharyngeal swab specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] by their healthcare provider."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
2020-09-09
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Economic Justice: Fighting Racial Disparities During COVID-19 and Beyond
From the Executive Summary: "Every American has been affected by this crisis, and people of color are suffering the greatest toll. Over 190,000 Americans have died, a disproportionate number of them being from communities of color. Black and Latinx individuals, already three times more likely to get COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] due to a number of systemic factors, are also suffering higher rates of unemployment and hunger. Black-owned businesses are shutting down twice as fast as others. And families of color are in greater danger of losing their homes. These unequal outcomes are not by fluke or coincidence. Generations of racist policies and practices, including housing and employment discrimination, have precluded many Black Americans, Latinx, Native Americans, and Asian Americans from building generational wealth, receiving an equitable education, accessing capital to start a business, or owning their own homes. From the start, these communities were most vulnerable to the economic fallout from COVID-19. Without action, they face a longer road to recovery as well. Senate Democrats have a plan to help communities respond to the pandemic and begin to address decades of discrimination and underinvestment. The Economic Justice Act commits $350 billion to immediate investments in jobs, child care, health care including mental health, as well as long-term investments that will build lasting wealth and health in these communities."
United States. Congress. Senate. Democratic Policy Committee
Stabenow, Debbie; Schumer, Charles E.
2020-09-09
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Despite Pandemic, Many Europeans Still See Climate Change as Greatest Threat to Their Countries
From the Document: "In a year when the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has dominated news headlines around the world, it is perhaps unsurprising to discover that majorities in 14 countries surveyed this past summer see the spread of infectious disease as a major threat to their countries. But across the European countries included in the study, climate change remains the topmost perceived threat, even as people there also express grave concern about the risks posed by infectious disease."
Pew Research Center
Poushter, Jacob; Huang, Christine
2020-09-09
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Weekly Epidemiological Update [6 September 2020]
From the Document: "Cumulatively, nearly 27 million COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] cases and 900,000 deaths have been reported to WHO [World Health Organization] to date. Over 1.8 million new cases and 37,000 new deaths were reported for the week ending 6 September, a 5% increase in the number of cases and a 2% decrease in the number of deaths compared to the previous week (24 to 30 August)."
World Health Organization
2020-09-06
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity, Week 36 [September 5, 2020]
From the Key Updates: "After declining since mid-July, the percentage of laboratory specimen testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] nationally increased slightly during week 35 but then decreased during week 36. Indicators that track influenza-like illness (ILI) and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]-like illness (CLI) continued to decrease or remain stable (change of ≤0.1%) nationally and in all 10 regions; however, due to COVID-19 activity, one region reported levels of ILI above the region-specific baseline. Weekly hospitalization rates and mortality attributed to COVID19 declined during week 36. Mortality attributed to COVID-19 remains above the epidemic threshold."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-09-05
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COVID-19 Relief Assistance to Small Businesses: Issues and Policy Options [Updated September 4, 2020]
From the Document: "The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several types of programs to support small businesses, including direct disaster loan programs for businesses, homeowners, and renters; loan guaranty and venture capital programs; management and technical assistance training programs; and contracting programs. Congressional interest in these programs has always been high, primarily because small businesses are viewed as a means to stimulate economic activity and create jobs, but it has become especially acute in the wake of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic's widespread adverse economic impact on the national economy. This report provides a brief description of the SBA's programs and examines congressional action to assist small businesses during and immediately following the Great Recession (2007- 2009) and during the COVID-19 pandemic[.]"
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Dilger, Robert Jay, 1954-; Lowry, Sean; Lindsay, Bruce R.
2020-09-04
