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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 5, 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Outbreaks of Acute Gastrointestinal Illness Associated with a Splash Pad in a Wildlife Park -- Kansas, June 2021"; "Interim Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of the Novavax COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccine in Persons Aged ≥18 years -- United States, July 2022"; "Post-COVID-19 Symptoms and Conditions Among Children and Adolescents -- United States, March 1, 2020-January 31, 2022"; "'Notes from the Field': Increase in Pediatric Intracranial Infections During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Eight Pediatric Hospitals, United States, March 2020-March 2022"; and "'QuickStats': Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Diabetes Mellitus Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years, by Single Race and Hispanic Origin -- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-08-05
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 552, Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2022
From the Document: "S. 552 would require the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to report to the Congress on how the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and related school closures have affected the agency's programs to promote basic education in developing countries. The report also would describe how USAID has supported continued learning and how the agency plans to address continued social and health risks from the pandemic. On the basis of information about similar reports, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing the bill would cost less than $500,000 over the 2022-2027 period. Such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. On May 10, 2021, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 1500, the Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2021, as order reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021. The two bills are similar, and CBO's estimates of the cost of implementing them are the same."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-08-03
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National Research Action Plan on Long COVID
From the Executive Summary: "On April 5, 2022, President Biden issued the 'Memorandum on Addressing the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19' [coronavirus disease 2019] outlining actions needed to support the American people in addressing the longer-term effects of COVID-19. The President charged the Secretary of Health and Human Services with coordinating a government-wide response to Long COVID. An element of that response was for the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with federal partners, to develop two reports[:] [1] Services and Supports for Longer-Term Impacts of COVID-19 Report (Services Report)[;] [2] National Research Action Plan on Long COVID (the Plan). The Services Report outlines federal services and mechanisms of support available to the American public in addressing the longer-term effects of COVID-19. The Plan provides the first U.S. government-wide national research agenda focused on advancing prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and provision of services and supports for individuals and families experiencing Long COVID."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2022-08
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Quarterly Report to the United States Congress, April Through June 2022
From the Document: "I am pleased to present our ninth Quarterly Report to Congress. During this reporting period we conducted four audit attestations of airlines that received direct loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. These attestations showed that the airlines properly completed certifications to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) for their loans to move on to the underwriting phase. This work is important as the taxpayer relies on air transport in their daily lives and expects their hard-earned dollars to be utilized in the way the CARES Act intended. We also issued an alert memorandum notifying Treasury that its Calendar Year 2021 direct loan monitoring was delayed. We recommended Treasury create and finalize a monitoring policy and a plan of action to ensure that monitoring is done in a timely manner. Treasury agreed with our recommendations."
United States. Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery
2022-07-29?
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 22, 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Influenza Activity and Composition of the 2022-23 Influenza Vaccine -- United States, 2021-22 Season"; "Workplace Perceptions and Experiences Related to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Response Efforts Among Public Health Workers -- Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey, United States, September 2021-January 2022"; "Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions and Suicidal Ideation Among State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Workers -- United States, March 14-25, 2022"; "Effectiveness of 2, 3, and 4 COVID-19 mRNA [messenger ribonucleic acid] Vaccine Doses Among Immunocompetent Adults During Periods when SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Omicron BA.1 and BA.2/BA.2.12.1 Sublineages Predominated -- VISION Network, 10 States, December 2021-June 2022"; "'Vital Signs': Drug Overdose Deaths, by Selected Sociodemographic and Social Determinants of Health Characteristics -- 25 States and the District of Columbia, 2019-2020"; and "QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Drug Overdose Death Rates Among Workers Aged 16-64 Years in Usual Occupation Groups with the Highest Drug Overdose Death Rates -- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html] .
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-07-22
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 15, 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Public Health Surveillance and Reporting for Human Toxoplasmosis -- Six States, 2021"; "Pediatric HIV Case Identification Across 22 PEPFAR [U.S. President's Emergency Plan forAIDS Relief] -Supported Countries During the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Pandemic, October 2019-September 2020"; "Safety Monitoring of COVID-19 mRNA [messenger ribonucleic acid] Vaccine First Booster Doses Among Persons Aged ≥12 Years with Presumed Immunocompromise Status -- United States, January 12, 2022-March 28, 2022"; "Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Response to the Monkeypox Outbreak -- Laboratory Response Network, United States, May 17-June 30, 2022"; "Notes from the Field: Outbreak of 'Salmonella' Enteritidis at a Correctional Facility Using Mechanically Separated Chicken -- Nebraska, 2022"; and "QuickStats: Percentage of Uninsured Adults Aged 18-64 Years, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Selected Asian Subgroups -- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019-2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-07-15
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 15, 2022: Effectiveness of 2, 3, and 4 COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Doses Among Immunocompetent Adults During Periods When SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2/BA.2.12.1 Sublineages Predominated -- VISION Network, 10 States, December 2021-June 2022
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 Early Release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Effectiveness of 2, 3, and 4 COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] mRNA [messenger ribonucleic acid] Vaccine Doses Among Immunocompetent Adults During Periods When SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Omicron BA.1 and BA.2/BA.2.12.1 Sublineages Predominated -- VISION Network, 10 States, December 2021-June 2022." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-07-15
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 8, 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "County-Level Social Vulnerability and Emergency Department Visits for Firearm Injuries -- 10 U.S. Jurisdictions, January 1, 2018-December 31, 2021"; "Factors Associated with Severe Outcomes Among Immunocompromised Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] -- COVID-NET, 10 States, March 2020-February 2022"; "'Erratum': Vol. 71, No. 22"; and "'QuickStats': Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Met the 2018 Federal Physical Activity Guidelines for Both Muscle-Strengthening and Aerobic Physical Activity, by Urbanization Level -- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-07-08
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Briefing: Ventilation: A Briefing on Recent Scientific Literature Focused on the Effects of Ventilation on SARS-CoV-2 Spread [presentation]
From How to Use This Briefing: "This briefing is intended to provide timely information about SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] vaccines, variants of concern, and ventilation to LAMs [libraries, archives, and museums] and their stakeholders. Due to the evolving nature of scientific research on these topics, the information provided here is not intended to be comprehensive or final. As such, this briefing should be used in conjunction with other timely resources to ensure decision-making reflects the latest scientific understanding. Continual re-evaluation of SARSCoV-2 policies is highly recommended as new scientific discoveries are published."
OCLC; Institute of Museum and Library Services (U.S.); Battelle Memorial Institute
2022-07-07
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Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Funding
From the Highlights: "On March 27, 2020, the President of the United States signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, enacted as Public Law 116-136 (the 'CARES Act') in response to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. The CARES Act authorized up to $10 billion in funding for the U.S. Postal Service from the U.S. Treasury (Treasury), should the Postal Service determine that it would be unable to fund operating expenses due to the pandemic. In December 2020, Congress amended the CARES Act, stipulating that the Postal Service would not need to repay the funding. In January 2021, the Postal Service and Treasury signed an agreement regarding CARES Act funding allowing the Postal Service to request up to $10 billion from Treasury for pandemic-related operating expenses. The Postal Service submitted five advance requests to Treasury from March through July 2021, totaling $10 billion. [...] Our objective was to assess the Postal Service's justification for and use of funds received under the CARES Act, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, and associated disclosure requirements."
United States Postal Service. Office of Inspector General
2022-07-07
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Fingerprinting and Employment Eligibility Verification Delays Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic May Increase Taxpayer Data Exposure Risks
From the Document: "This audit was initiated because new IRS [Internal Revenue Service] employees hired during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have had their fingerprinting or employment eligibility verification delayed in accordance with newly established hiring policies. However, prolonged delays could increase the exposure of taxpayer data to potential bad actors. The overall objective of this review was to determine whether temporary personnel hiring practices during the COVID-19 pandemic presented potential security risks by assessing the effectiveness of fingerprinting and hiring activities, including inspection of employment eligibility documents."
United States. Office of the Inspector General for Tax Administration
2022-07-07
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Estimated Number of COVID-19 Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Prevented Among Vaccinated Persons in the US, December 2020 to September 2021
From the Key Points: "How many SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] infections and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]-associated hospitalizations and deaths have been prevented among vaccinated persons by the US COVID-19 vaccination program? [...] In this modeling study, COVID-19 vaccination was estimated to prevent 27 million SARS-CoV-2 infections, 1.6 million COVID-19- associated hospitalizations, and 235 000 COVID-19-associated deaths among vaccinated persons 18 years or older from December 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. By September 30, 2021, vaccination prevented an estimated 52% of expected infections, 56% of expected hospitalizations, and 58% of expected deaths. [...] The US COVID-19 vaccination program was estimated to prevent substantial morbidity and mortality through direct protection of vaccinated individuals."
JAMA Network
Steele, Molly K.; Couture, Alexia; Reed, Carrie . . .
2022-07-06
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SBA Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program (SVOG) [Updated July 5, 2022]
From the Summary: "The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several types of programs to support small businesses, including direct disaster loan programs to assist their recovery from natural disasters; loan guaranty and venture capital programs to enhance their access to capital; management and technical assistance training programs to assist business formation and expansion; and contracting programs to increase their opportunities in federal contracting. Congressional interest in the SBA's programs has always been high, but has become especially acute in the wake of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic's widespread adverse economic impact on the U.S. economy. During the 116th Congress, in an effort to assist small businesses adversely affected by COVID-19, Congress approved legislation that provided the SBA $1.088 trillion in appropriations, a 35,282% increase over the $3.075 billion the SBA received during the 115th Congress."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Dilger, Robert Jay, 1954-; Levin, Adam G.
2022-07-05
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 1, 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths -- United States and 28 Other High-Income Countries, 2015 and 2019"; "Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guideline for Testing of Transplant Candidates Aged
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-07-01
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How Did Federal Aid to States and Localities Affect Testing and Vaccine Delivery?
From the Abstract: "We estimate whether federal aid for state and local governments played a role in advancing population testing for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and the administration of vaccines. To overcome biases that can result from the endogeneity of federal aid allocations, we use an instrumental-variables estimator reliant on the substantial variation in federal aid predicted by variation in states' congressional representation. We find that federal fiscal assistance dollars had a modest if any impact on the pace of vaccine rollouts, may have improved the equitability of vaccine administration, and had a substantial impact on the volume of tests administered. Regarding the total number of vaccines delivered, we estimate that an additional $1,000 in fiscal relief per resident, which would amount to $330 billion nationwide, translated into just under 1,200 extra doses of the vaccine being delivered per 100,000 people, with the upper bound of our confidence interval suggesting that we can rule out effects in excess of 7,030 extra doses per 100,000 people. We find that federal dollars predict a smaller gap between the vaccination rates of those with a college education relative to those with a high school education. Finally, our baseline estimate implies that each $1,000 in COVID-19 relief aid per capita generated 55,850 additional tests per 100,000 people."
National Bureau of Economic Research
Clemens, Jeffrey; Hoxie, Philip; Kearns, John . . .
2022-07
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Expanding Capacity for Vaccines Against Covid-19 and Future Pandemics: A Review of Economic Issues
From the Abstract: "We review economic arguments for using public policy to accelerate vaccine supply during a pandemic. Rapidly vaccinating a large share of the global population helps avoid economic, mortality, and social losses, which in the case of Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] mounted into trillions of dollars. However, pharmaceutical firms are unlikely to have private incentives to invest in vaccine capacity at the socially optimal scale and speed. The socially optimal level of public spending may cause some sticker shock but--as epitomized by the tagline 'spending billions to save trillions'--is eclipsed by the benefits and can be restrained with the help of careful policy design and advance preparations. Capacity is so valuable during a pandemic that fractional dosing and other measures to stretch available capacity should be explored."
University of Chicago. Development Innovation Lab; Becker Friedman Institute. Development Economics Center
Athey, Susan; Castillo, Juan-Camilo; Kremer, Michael, 1964- . . .
2022-07
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Extreme Temperature and COVID 19 in Texas Prisons
From the Executive Summary: "Texas is one of at least thirteen states in the U.S. that does not have universal air-conditioning in state prisons. Throughout the history of imprisonment in Texas, incarcerated people have experienced great harm from extreme heat and a lack of adequate protections. Although 87 percent of households in the U.S. use air-conditioning equipment, only 30 percent of Texas prison units are fully air-conditioned. Temperatures inside units have been shown to regularly reach 110 degrees and in at least one unit have topped 149 degrees. [...] Findings from this report demonstrate how current heat mitigation policies do not result in adequate protections against heat-related illness for incarcerated people. The experiences of incarcerated people in Texas prisons illuminate systemic issues and patterns across units and also expand the understanding of heat-related illness and death as an ongoing but preventable disaster. Additionally, surveys and letters collected in 2020 reveal how the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted incarcerated populations in Texas, created further challenges to the individually focused heat mitigation strategies in Texas prisons. Incarcerated people have described the environment of extreme heat and the COVID-19 pandemic as a 'living hell.' Each section includes descriptions of how heat-mitigation practices were impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in addition to a separate section which provides a more in depth look at the relationship between the two hazards of extreme heat and COVID-19."
Texas A & M University; Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Purdum, J. Carlee; Dominick, Amite; Dixon, Benika C.
2022-07
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Examining Pandemic Evictions: A Report on Abuses by Four Corporate Landlords During the Coronavirus Crisis
From the Executive Summary: "This staff report presents findings from an investigation conducted by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis into the eviction filing practices of four large corporate landlords--Pretium Partners (through its companies Progress Residential and Front Yard Residential ) (Pretium), Invitation Homes, Ventron Management (Ventron), and The Siegel Group (Siegel)--during the first 16 months of the coronavirus pandemic. The Select Subcommittee launched an investigation into these companies' eviction and rental assistance practices in July 2021 following reports indicating that they had filed to evict tenants at high rates despite the existence of federal eviction moratoriums and Congress' appropriation of more than $46 billion in federal rental assistance."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis
2022-07
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Immigration Detention in California: A Review of Detention Facilities' Response to COVID-19 as of Fall 2021
From the Executive Summary: "For its third report under Assembly Bill 103 (2017) (AB 103), the California Department of Justice (Cal DOJ) examines how the locked facilities that contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house noncitizens in ICE custody have responded to the unique challenges that have arisen during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. The facilities' responses were directed in large part by requirements and recommendations from ICE and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as by court mandates seeking to remedy especially dangerous situations through specific requirements for social distancing, testing, monitoring, and caps on facility populations. As a result of both ICE and court requirements, detainee populations at ICE facilities in California were sharply reduced in 2020 and remained well under pre-pandemic numbers in 2021. This meant that, although a number of facilities across the State had lower detainee counts, ICE had to continue paying for empty beds under contractual terms guaranteeing payment for a minimum number of beds. At the same time, the average number of days a person was detained in the facilities across the State increased exponentially."
California. Department of Justice; California. Office of the Attorney General
2022-07
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Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance - Revision 1 [redacted]
This memorandum, dated June 29, 2022, is regarding "Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance - Revision 1." From the Memorandum: "Effectively immediately, sections 7.4 and 7.5 of the, *Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance,' are amended as attached. The changes to sections 7.4 and 7.5 align the DoD travel testing requirement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 'Rescinding Requirement for Negative Pre- Departure COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Test Result or Documentation of Recovery from COVID-19 for all Airline or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving into the United States from Any Foreign Country,' effective June 12, 2022."
United States. Department of Defense
Cisneros, Gilbert R., Jr.
2022-06-29
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 28, 2022: Interim Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines in Children Aged 6 Months-5 Years -- United States, June 2022
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 Early Release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Interim Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccines in Children Aged 6 Months-5 Years -- United States, June 2022."Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-06-28
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How Did COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance Benefits Impact Consumer Spending and Employment? [June 24, 2022]
From the Document: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic dramatically disrupted the economy with mass layoffs and business closures. The economy was shocked with stay-at-home and shutdown orders designed to limit person-to-person contact. These restrictions on the flow of labor and commerce reduced economic demand. They also increased the number of workers unable to work. Additionally, the increased workplace hazards created by the COVID-19 pandemic further limited certain jobseekers' options for employment, creating unusual shifts in the labor market. Congress recognized the potential threat that such massive earnings losses posed to the national and global economy and responded by augmenting the joint federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) system to maintain the economy, among many other measures that provided income support. Recent studies have examined the impact of these UI expansions on consumer spending and employment."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Whittaker, Julie M.; Isaacs, Katelin P., 1980-
2022-06-24
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 24, 2022
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: "Anemia Among Pregnant Women Participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children -- United States, 2008-2018; "HIV Testing Before and During the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Pandemic -- United States, 2019-2020"; "Dispensing of Oral Antiviral Drugs for Treatment of COVID-19 by Zip Code-Level Social Vulnerability -- United States, December 23, 2021-May 21, 2022"; "Hospitalization and Emergency Department Encounters for COVID-19 After Paxlovid Treatment -- California, December 2021-May 2022"; "'QuickStats': Percentage of Uninsured Adults Aged 18-64 Years, by Race and Selected Hispanic Origin Subgroup -- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019-2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-06-24
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Cleaning Up and Revitalizing Land: Coronavirus Pandemic Caused Schedule Delays, Human Health Impacts, and Limited Oversight at Superfund National Priorities List Sites
From the Document: "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General conducted this evaluation in an effort to determine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic--that is, the SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] virus and resultant COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] disease--on long-term cleanups at Superfund National Priorities List sites. We sent surveys to 457 remedial project managers in February 2021 and received 279 responses, a 61-percent response rate. We also interviewed EPA regional Superfund and Emergency Management Division directors, as well as directors from EPA headquarters. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [hyperlink], informally called Superfund, authorizes the EPA to oversee the cleanup of contaminated sites. The National Priorities List identifies the worst hazardous waste sites that warrant further investigation and cleanup."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of the Inspector General
2022-06-23
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Examining North Korea's COVID-19 Data: A Curious Case Study
From the Webpage: "It has been just over a month since North Korea announced its first official confirmed case of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and began reporting detailed data on the scope and status of the outbreak. Every day, the party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, provides its readers with data on the number of new and current cases nationwide (using 'fever' as a proxy for confirmed COVID cases, since testing is limited) as well as COVID related deaths. On state television, Ryu Yong Chol, an official with the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, appears each morning and evening to walk through provincial data and explain the latest on the epidemic."
38 North
Williams, Martyn
2022-06-23
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 7180, Brycen Gray and Ben Price COVID-19 Cognitive Research Act
From the Document: "H.R. 7180 would authorize the appropriation of $10 million in 2023 for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award grants for research on the disruption of cognitive processes from COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] infections and to enter into an agreement with the National Academies to complete a related study. In recent years, the NSF has awarded several million dollars annually, on average, for similar grants. Based on historical spending patterns for similar programs, and assuming appropriation of the authorized amount, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing H.R. 7180 would cost $10 million over the 2022-2027 period."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-06-22
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Student Loans: A Timeline of Actions Taken in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic [June 21, 2022]
From the Document: "Since the onset of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] national emergency, lawmakers and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) have made available a number of waivers and flexibilities for federal student loan borrowers. For most borrowers, these flexibilities include the suspension of (1) interest accrual, (2) the requirement that borrowers make monthly payments on their loans, and (3) involuntary collections activities, as well as waivers of requirements to qualify for various student loan forgiveness or discharge benefits. While Congress authorized a subset of these flexibilities for a temporary period, ED has extended those flexibilities numerous times since their initial expiration and has effectuated other flexibilities. This In Focus provides an overview of the Higher Education Act (HEA; P.L. 89-329, as amended) Title IV federal student loan programs affected by the COVID-19 pandemic-related flexibilities and a timeline of actions taken by lawmakers or ED authorizing, effectuating, or extending such flexibilities."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Hegji, Alexandra
2022-06-21
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 21, 2022: Dispensing of Oral Antiviral Drugs for Treatment of COVID-19 by Zip Code-Level Social Vulnerability -- United States, December 23, 2021-May 21, 2022
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 early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Dispensing of Oral Antiviral Drugs for Treatment of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] by Zip Code-Level Social Vulnerability -- United States, December 23, 2021-May 21, 2022." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-06-21
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 21, 2022: Hospitalization and Emergency Department Encounters for COVID-19 After Paxlovid Treatment -- California, December 2021-May 2022
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 early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Hospitalization and Emergency Department Encounters for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] After Paxlovid Treatment -- California, December 2021-May 2022." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-06-21
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 17, 2022
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: "Extreme Heat Exposure: Access and Barriers to Cooling Centers -- Maricopa and Yuma Counties, Arizona, 2010-2020"; "Genetic Characterization of Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Type 2 Viruses During Initial Use Phase Under Emergency Use Listing -- Worldwide, March-October 2021"; "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Cases and Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Disabilities -- United States, January 1, 2020-November 20, 2021"; "Trends in Acute Hepatitis of Unspecified Etiology and Adenovirus Stool Testing Results in Children -- United States, 2017-2022"; "'Notes from the Field': COVID-19-Associated Mortality Risk Among Long-Term Care Facility Residents and Community-Dwelling Adults Aged ≥65 Years - Illinois, December 2020 and January 2022"; "'Notes from the Field': Diagnosis and Investigation of Pneumonic Plague During a Respiratory Disease Pandemic -- Wyoming, 2021"; and "'QuickStats': Percentage Distribution of Heat-Related Deaths, by Age Group -- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018-2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-06-17
