Institute for Democratic Renewal aggregates content from government and leading institutions engaged in the global effort to curtail the coronavirus pandemic. The Center delivers original content from Claremont Graduate University researchers and creates graphic content in GIS modeling. IPRC lists the Mullan Institute Contact Tracing Estimator as a resource. Read More.
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WebMD: Steven Reinberg of HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As COVID-19 infections surge across the United States, 11 states could find themselves with too few doctors to treat non-COVID patients in intensive care units, a new report finds. "This week's update shows that Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and Washington all could face a shortage of intensivists," said researcher Patricia Pittman, director of George Washington University's Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity in Washington, D.C. "In these states, less than 50% of intensivists are available for non-COVID patients." Read full article.
Aneri Pattani of Spotlight PA and Sara Simon of Spotlight PA - HARRISBURG — As coronavirus cases continue to rise in Pennsylvania, the state health department has received approval to spend nearly $27 million to ramp up contact tracing efforts, warning of potentially dire consequences if it’s unable to do so quickly. Read More.
CDC Contact Tracing Resources to stop the spread of COVID-19 has put together a resource page for guidance for COVID-19 that may be adapted by state and local health departments to respond to rapidly changing local circumstances. Read More.
Texas needs to at least triple its number of contact tracers, according to one research model6/23/2020 William Joy of WFAA - FORT WORTH, Texas — Two months into reopening, Texas needs help. In fact, it needs thousands of helpers. At least that’s what Edward Salsberg thinks. Salsberg is a senior researcher at The Mullan Institute at George Washington University and helped build a model to figure out how many contact tracers states need to track COVID-19. “People want to get back to being social,” he said. “That’s when you need the contact tracers the most.” Read More.
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