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Aug 12 2020
Data
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
The recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio – along with a spate of shootings in Chicago – have brought renewed attention to deadly gun violence in the United States. As President Donald Trump and lawmakers on Capitol Hill contemplate policy responses, here are 10 common questions about gun deaths in the U.S., with answers based on data from the Centers for Disease Control
Pew Research Center
Aug 14 2020
Analysis
How We Analyzed Data on Nursing Home Outbreaks
New Jersey’s long-term care population has been hard-hit by the pandemic. The novel coronavirus has killed nearly 16,000 people in the state so far, almost half of whom lived in long-term care facilities, and more than 5,400 of whom were nursing home residents. No other state has a higher number of known deaths from COVID-19 linked to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, based on
ProPublica
Jul 29 2020
Analysis
Here's the Data Congress Needs to Regulate Social Media
As Washington intensifies its focus on the influence of social media platforms on American life and the democratic process, the heated rhetoric and myriad policy proposals lack one crucial element: data.
For all the concern over “community guidelines,” content moderation, fact-checking and advertising policies, we have few of the actual data points necessary to evaluate how well the
RealClearPolitics
Jul 15 2020
News
Hospitals told to send coronavirus data to Washington, not CDC
"The new faster and complete data system is what our nation needs to defeat the coronavirus," Department of Health and Human Services official says.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will "no longer control" the coronavirus data collection system from hospitals across the nation, a spokesman for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday night.
The New York
NBC News (Online)
Jun 30 2022
News
California fails to collect basic abortion data — even as it invites an out-of-state influx
With federal abortion protections eliminated in a watershed U.S. Supreme Court decision, California is preparing for a flood of out-of-state women seeking abortions as it positions itself as a stronghold for reproductive rights. Most lawmakers are even willing to foot the multi-million-dollar bill.
But amid all the politicking one crucial question remains unanswered: How does California
CalMatters
Mar 27 2020
Background
Most Recent COVID-19 Coronavirus Data
This page tracks the most recent data on coronavirus testing, testing rates, deaths and recoveries in the United States.
CovidTracking.com
Feb 24 2022
News
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Jump Among Vaccinated: CDC Data
COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates increased among people who got a COVID-19 vaccine following the emergence of the Omicron virus variant, according to newly published data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
According to the data, which is submitted to the CDC by health departments across the country, the COVID-19 case rate in fully vaccinated people rose by
The Epoch Times
Jul 22 2019
News
Equifax to Pay up to $700M in Data Breach Settlement
Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the U.S. and states over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people.
The settlement with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, as well as 48 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, would provide up to $425
Newsmax (News)
Feb 23 2022
News
CDC Blasted After Withholding Data Over Fears Of Vax Appearing Ineffective
Medical experts slammed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the agency admitted to withholding a significant amount of data collected on COVID-19 vaccines from the public.
The CDC refused to publish “large portions” of data gathered on COVID-19 vaccines over concerns that it would be “misinterpreted,” according to The New York Times. CDC spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund
The Daily Wire
Feb 23 2022
News
The C.D.C. Isn’t Publishing Large Portions of the Covid Data It Collects
For more than a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has collected data on hospitalizations for Covid-19 in the United States and broken it down by age, race and vaccination status. But it has not made most of the information public.
When the C.D.C. published the first significant data on the effectiveness of boosters in adults younger than 65 two weeks ago, it left out
New York Times (News)