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COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus first identified in late 2019. To help inform responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, RAND experts have assessed policy options and examined how different countries and communities have responded. Topics include health care capacity, telemedicine, misinformation, economic effects, vaccination equity, and the strain on educators and students.

Research Brief
Putting Equity First in COVID-19 Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination rates were significantly lower in U.S. communities of color, contributing to stark inequities in the effects of the virus. The Equity-First Vaccination Initiative shows how a hyper-local approach can increase vaccine confidence and access to help close this gap.
Aug 24, 2022
Commentary
Vaccinating All Kids for COVID-19 May Demand a Block-by-Block Effort
Community-based organizations know how to register voters and increase census participation. Reaching out block by block, even door to door, they can be just as effective in boosting vaccination rates.
Aug 29, 2022

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Journal Article
Misinformation, Anticipated Regret, and Vaccine-Related Behaviors
A national survey ( N = 1025) conducted in August 2021 reveals that Americans' belief in misinformation about COVID-19 was negatively associated with vaccine acceptance.
Dec 6, 2022
Blog
Protests in China, Negotiating with Russia, L.A.'s 'Mansion Tax': RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on protests in China amid the government's zero-COVID policy, the potential harm in negotiating with Russia, building more affordable housing in Los Angeles, and more.
Dec 2, 2022
Commentary
How COVID-19 Transformed the Jobs Market
The COVID-19 pandemic initially devastated the U.S. economy. It also exposed and exacerbated existing inequities in society. But in as yet unpredictable ways, it may have accelerated profound changes in how labor works today.
Dec 1, 2022
Commentary
Five Factors to Watch as the Chinese Communist Party Faces Protests
It may be too soon to compare protests against China's zero-COVID policy to the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement. However, looking back to 1989 can still provide valuable insights into what might happen next.
Nov 30, 2022
Journal Article
Has COVID-19 Changed How People Think About the Drivers of Health? If So, Does It Matter?
We assessed changes in health mindset associated with the COVID pandemic and found that respondents were more likely in 2021 than in 2018 to recognize social determinants of health. This is associated with greater openness to pandemic-control measures.
Nov 29, 2022
Commentary
Informing the Debate About Telemedicine Reimbursement: What Do We Need to Know?
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. payers and policymakers broadly expanded payment for telemedicine services and relaxed many regulations. To decide the long-term fate of pandemic-era temporary telemedicine, policymakers should consider the effects of telemedicine on health care spending, patient outcomes, and health equity.
Nov 21, 2022
Blog
Dementia Rates, Deepfakes, Migrant Students: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the decline of dementia rates among Americans, the dangers of deepfakes, data privacy after the reversal of Roe v. Wade, and more.
Nov 18, 2022
Journal Article
The Equity-First Vaccination Initiative's Challenges And Successes
RAND collected, analyzed, and co-interpreted with other Equity-First Vaccination Initiative (EVI) partners both quantitative and qualitative data to promote equity in the COVID-19 response through vaccination.
Nov 17, 2022
Journal Article
Association of COVID-19 Vaccination With Influenza Vaccine History and Changes in Influenza Vaccination
Using the RAND American Life Panel (ALP), we examine relationships among COVID and influenza vaccination amongst those who historically never, sometimes, or always vaccinate for influenza.
Nov 16, 2022
Journal Article
Use Of And Willingness To Use Video Telehealth Through The COVID-19 Pandemic
We examined use of and willingness to use video telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in a longitudinally followed cohort.
Nov 16, 2022
Research Brief
How Does Telehealth Affect Health Care Quality, Access, Equity, and Costs?
Early in the pandemic, health care providers pivoted to telehealth out of necessity. But as policymakers begin to look beyond the pandemic, concerns about telehealth's effects on health care spending and quality will arise again.
Nov 15, 2022
Research Brief
Infection Control in Long-Term Care: Decisionmaking Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a need to transform the decisionmaking culture in long-term care to make it more inclusive of residents, staff, and others who are affected by infection-control policies in these facilities.
Nov 9, 2022
News Release
Americans' Willingness to Use Video Telehealth Has Risen During COVID-19 Pandemic
Americans' use and willingness to use video telehealth has increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising most sharply among Black Americans and people with less education.
Nov 7, 2022
Blog
Lessons from the Pandemic, Diplomacy in Ukraine, Defending Taiwan: RAND Weekly Recap
This week, we discuss lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, planning to end the war in Ukraine, reducing deaths in law enforcement custody, and more.
Nov 4, 2022
Commentary
The Equity-First Vaccination Initiative's Challenges and Successes
The Equity-First Vaccination Initiative invested $21 million in community-based organizations to reduce racial disparities in vaccination rollout and support strengthening public health systems in the United States over the longer term. The initiative demonstrated a path forward for funders to center equity in their approach to grantmaking.
Nov 3, 2022
Report
Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Outbreak
The deadly havoc that COVID-19 has caused around the world has highlighted many weaknesses in pandemic response planning and capabilities. What can the United States and other nations do to prevent and manage future health crises?
Nov 1, 2022
Journal Article
Journaling Among Home Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Promising Method for Qualitative Data Collection
We explored the feasibility of a journaling process during a public health emergency, and reflect on lessons learned to guide future research on journaling for data collection, particularly for marginalized workers during public health crises.
Oct 24, 2022
Blog
Putin's Gambits, Xi Jinping, Machine Learning: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on Putin's latest “desperate measures” in Ukraine, support for Xi Jinping, whether machine-learning tools can tell if you're lying, and more.
Oct 21, 2022
Brochure
Disaster Management and Resilience
This brochure describes RAND's work, which directly supports decisionmakers in developing actionable planning and policy for disaster management and resilience.
Oct 20, 2022
Report
Reimagining Policy Decisionmaking in Long-Term Care
Policies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities were often mandated without input from residents and their family members, administrators, or staff. What can be done to make policy decisionmaking in these settings more inclusive?
Oct 20, 2022

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RAND Topic:
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Topic Synonyms:
Corona Virus;
Coronavirus

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