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The Atlas Insights blog is the home for the latest updates, research findings, and views from the US COVID Atlas, led by the Healthy Regions & Policies Lab and the Center for Spatial Data Science at University of Chicago.
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Breathe new life into pandemic data, one story at a time
Breathe new life into pandemic data, one story at a time
Atlas Stories, the new oral history initiative from the US Covid Atlas, integrates lived experiences with 2+ years of pandemic data.
Susan Paykin
Aug 8
Listen: Marketplace highlights new research on internet access
Listen: Marketplace highlights new research on internet access
“It’s not only about the infrastructure or whether the homes can be wired to [the internet, but also it’s about whether households can or…
Susan Paykin
Mar 24
Assessing Spatial & Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality
Assessing Spatial & Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality
How do social determinants of health help explain inequities in COVID-19 mortality?
Qinyun Lin
Mar 4
Three Lessons We Learned from Our Community Advisory Board
Three Lessons We Learned from Our Community Advisory Board
What stakeholders really want from a data dashboard
Aresha Martinez-Cardoso
Feb 14
Share pandemic insights with a customizable Community Report
Share pandemic insights with a customizable Community Report
Build a custom report to export, print, and share findings
Susan Paykin
Feb 3
Join our upcoming Community Focus Group
Join our upcoming Community Focus Group
Share feedback on our new customized Report feature and more
Susan Paykin
Jan 18
Year in Review
Year in Review
Reflections from the Atlas team, and what’s on deck for 2022
US Covid Atlas
Dec 28, 2021
Covid-19 Community Typologies
Covid-19 Community Typologies
Explorations for future research
Andrew Warfield
Dec 22, 2021
Data Integrity: How do we identify irregularities across multiple sources of data?
Data Integrity: How do we identify irregularities across multiple sources of data?
Qiwei Lin
Dec 14, 2021
Spatial heterogeneity on the news
Spatial heterogeneity on the news
Meet the Press uses Atlas data to explore the impact of holiday travel on spatial COVID bubbles
Susan Paykin
Dec 1, 2021
Mask policies & kids’ vaccines: What new data should be added to the Atlas?
Mask policies & kids’ vaccines: What new data should be added to the Atlas?
By Qinyun Lin and Susan Paykin
Qinyun Lin
Nov 23, 2021
Probing the Divides Between Communities on Vaccination Rates
Probing the Divides Between Communities on Vaccination Rates
An update from the American Communities Project and US COVID Atlas
US Covid Atlas
Nov 17, 2021
Engagement, iteration, credibility: What makes a successful data platform?
Engagement, iteration, credibility: What makes a successful data platform?
A new report highlights the US COVID Atlas
Susan Paykin
Nov 9, 2021
Integrating the Atlas with SDOH
Integrating the Atlas with SDOH
An Interview with Dr. Aresha Martinez-Cardoso
Marynia Kolak
Nov 5, 2021
From Case Rate to Vaccination Hotspots: Insights from Native American Tribal Communities
From Case Rate to Vaccination Hotspots: Insights from Native American Tribal Communities
Native American tribal communities now have some of the highest vaccination rates in the country.
Sinduri Soundararajan
Oct 28, 2021
Moving to BigQuery: Migration and Automate Data Update
Moving to BigQuery: Migration and Automate Data Update
This is the third blog in the data infrastructure solution sequence for covid data, following Explorations into Data Infrastructure and…
Jinfei Zhu
Oct 21, 2021
How is the US COVID situation right now?
How is the US COVID situation right now?
Looking back at historic data
Dylan Halpern
Oct 12, 2021
How Vaccine Trends Compare Across Community Types
How Vaccine Trends Compare Across Community Types
A collaboration between the American Communities Project and US COVID Atlas
US Covid Atlas
Oct 4, 2021
Exploring Spatial & Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality
Exploring Spatial & Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality
How do social determinants of health help explain inequities in deaths from COVID-19?
Qinyun Lin
Sep 30, 2021
Accessing COVID data through Google BigQuery — The US COVID Atlas
Accessing COVID data through Google BigQuery — The US COVID Atlas
There are numerous ways to access COVID-19 data, including various APIs, CSVs, and other data endpoints. The US COVID Atlas data warehouse…
Jinfei Zhu
Sep 28, 2021
New voices lend their insights to advance equity in the Atlas
New voices lend their insights to advance equity in the Atlas
The US COVID Atlas welcomes our Community Advisory Board
Aresha Martinez-Cardoso
Sep 22, 2021
US COVID Atlas Wins Honorable Mention in 2021 Innovation by Design Awards
US COVID Atlas Wins Honorable Mention in 2021 Innovation by Design Awards
The US COVID Atlas is honored to be recognized by Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards for 2021, receiving honorable mention in the…
US Covid Atlas
Sep 21, 2021
Masking Rules in Michigan Schools: COVID Data and Citizen Science
Masking Rules in Michigan Schools: COVID Data and Citizen Science
The COVID-19 pandemic has defined itself time and time again as a profoundly global problem. Waves ebb and flow across the globe…
Dylan Halpern
Sep 10, 2021
When Hurricanes Hit Hotspots
When Hurricanes Hit Hotspots
For most, experiencing a ferocious natural disaster during a virulent global pandemic was once unthinkable.
Susan Paykin
Sep 2, 2021
About the US COVID Atlas
About the US COVID Atlas
The US Covid Atlas works to understand, archive, and represent the often unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
Susan Paykin
Aug 18, 2021
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