Infectious Diseases

Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
commentary
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility—How to Harness Technologies in the Fight Against COVID-19
Salil Gunashekar, Emily Gloinson
Jun 2, 2020
Centre for Science and Policy
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented public health crisis, presenting challenges around the world. The response from science, technology, and innovation communities has been remarkable, proving that innovation and learning, interdisciplinary methods and collaboration, information and data sharing, and adaptability are more important than ever.
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Economic Development
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The Wealth Gap Widens
Shanthi Nataraj @ShanthiNataraj
Jun 1, 2020
Los Angeles Times
Whether history considers the current downturn a recession or a depression, it is clear that it will reinforce the growing inequality in our country. Navigating this economic crisis without substantially increasing inequality would require an unwavering commitment to support displaced workers and small business owners.
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Health Care Technology
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Innovations During COVID-19: Silver Lining or Threat to Patient Safety?
Shira H. Fischer @ShiraFischer, Carl Berdahl
Jun 1, 2020
The RAND Blog
Nearly three months after the first cases of COVID-19, we still don't know what works best to treat it. Some of the ideas and innovations are outstanding, but they are, so far, untested. There is an urgent need to evaluate ongoing innovations to learn what works and what doesn't, and what may have costs that are acceptable only under crisis conditions.
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Employment and Unemployment
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38 Million Have Applied for Unemployment—but How Many Have Received Benefits?
Kathryn A. Edwards, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Jun 1, 2020
The RAND Blog
Unemployment Insurance may need substantial reform to its application process, but it has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic unemployment disaster. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, the new program intended for workers who are not part of the employer tax base, has not.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
blog
COVID-19's Effects on U.S. Schools, Vaccine Uptake, Small Businesses: RAND Weekly Recap
May 29, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on how COVID-19 has affected U.S. schools, potential barriers to vaccine uptake, what small businesses need to survive, and more.
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Workforce Management
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To Preserve Jobs, America's Employers May Have to Get Creative
Jason Michael Ward
May 26, 2020
CNN
With about 38.6 million Americans filing for unemployment insurance benefits since the end of February, it is clear that COVID-19 has turned the world of work upside down. One way to reduce the economic damage may be job-sharing, an approach that focuses on maximizing jobs by reducing workers' hours rather than resorting to layoffs or furloughs.
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Disadvantaged Students
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Emergency COVID-19 Aid Helps College Students with Food and Housing: Four Ways Colleges Can Maintain That Support
Lindsay Daugherty, Drew M. Anderson @DrewMAnderson
May 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
COVID-19 has expanded the pool of cash-strapped college students, but many were already struggling before the pandemic. The crisis could draw attention to food and housing insecurity among college students, and give college leaders a chance to consider how to address these needs more systematically over the long term.
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Data Analysis
q&a
Modeling the Future of COVID-19: Q&A with RAND Experts
May 26, 2020
The phrase “flatten the curve” familiarized Americans with epidemiological models used to estimate virus transmission, cases, and potential deaths from COVID-19. But new models are needed as the country enters a different stage of the crisis.
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Educational Technology
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How COVID-19 Affected the Nation's Schools: New Data Gives Insights for Planning
Laura S. Hamilton @HamiltonLauraS
May 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
RAND surveyed teachers and principals to gauge how the pandemic has affected schooling, what supports these educators need, and how they are thinking about the next school year.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
blog
What Happens When States Reopen, Truth Decay, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap
May 22, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on the health and economic consequences of states reopening, the dangers of Truth Decay during the coronavirus crisis, helping refugees, and more.
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Vaccination
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Vaccination and Coronavirus: Where the Public Good Clashes with Choice and Freedom
Alina I. Palimaru, Marcus Dillistone
May 22, 2020
United Press International
With scientists striving for a viable coronavirus vaccine, and public health officials considering its potential rollout, do calls for freedom of choice and anti-vaccination sentiments, as seen in recent televised protests, represent a worrying omen?
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China
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China's Aggression Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Little to Do with COVID-19
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
May 20, 2020
World Politics Review
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to monopolize the attention of leaders around the world, some international observers of China have concluded that Beijing is attempting to exploit the crisis for geopolitical gain. The reality is that China has been engaging in the same types of pressure tactics for years and will likely continue once the pandemic passes.
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HIV and AIDS
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RAND's Response to a Past Pandemic: HIV/AIDS
May 19, 2020
In the 1980s, HIV/AIDS killed 90 percent of those infected. RAND was at the forefront of the research response, providing key data on costs of care, barriers to access, and the disease's effects on quality of life. RAND continues to pursue ways to ease HIV's impact in the United States and Africa.
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Decisionmaking
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Relaxing COVID-19 Restrictions Presents Stark Health and Economic Choices
Jeanne S. Ringel @JeanneRingel, Raffaele Vardavas, Aaron Strong
May 18, 2020
The RAND Blog
RAND's new COVID-19 interventions impact tool uses epidemiological and economic models and continually refreshed data to estimate what could happen as restrictions are eased. The tool won't make the choices confronting state leaders less painful. But it can provide clear, evidence-based estimates of the health and economic trade-offs.
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Refugees
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How to Help Refugees and Host Countries Combat COVID-19
Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson, Gary Edson
May 18, 2020
The National Interest
Having escaped conflict and persecution, refugees now risk illness and death from COVID-19. That risk is heightened by a policy regime that focuses largely on refugees in camps, not the almost two-thirds who live in urban areas. But the crisis could provide an opportunity to reform a broken system for the benefit of refugees and host countries alike.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Global Challenges to Maintaining a Healthy Workforce During a Pandemic: Views from RAND Experts
May 15, 2020
As nations across the globe remain in lockdown to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, questions about the future of employment and workforce productivity emerge. During a recent webinar, RAND experts discussed how to get people back to work and improve productivity post COVID-19.
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Infectious Diseases

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility—How to Harness Technologies in the Fight Against COVID-19

The Wealth Gap Widens

Innovations During COVID-19: Silver Lining or Threat to Patient Safety?

38 Million Have Applied for Unemployment—but How Many Have Received Benefits?

COVID-19's Effects on U.S. Schools, Vaccine Uptake, Small Businesses: RAND Weekly Recap

To Preserve Jobs, America's Employers May Have to Get Creative

Emergency COVID-19 Aid Helps College Students with Food and Housing: Four Ways Colleges Can Maintain That Support

Modeling the Future of COVID-19: Q&A with RAND Experts

How COVID-19 Affected the Nation's Schools: New Data Gives Insights for Planning

What Happens When States Reopen, Truth Decay, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap

Vaccination and Coronavirus: Where the Public Good Clashes with Choice and Freedom

China's Aggression Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Little to Do with COVID-19

RAND's Response to a Past Pandemic: HIV/AIDS

Relaxing COVID-19 Restrictions Presents Stark Health and Economic Choices

How to Help Refugees and Host Countries Combat COVID-19

Global Challenges to Maintaining a Healthy Workforce During a Pandemic: Views from RAND Experts

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