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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.
    Go to the profile of Susan Paykin
    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…
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    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?
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Susan Paykin
    Jan 18
    Year in Review

    Year in Review

    Reflections from the Atlas team, and what’s on deck for 2022
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    US Covid Atlas
    Dec 28, 2021
    Covid-19 Community Typologies

    Covid-19 Community Typologies

    Explorations for future research
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    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?

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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Susan Paykin
    Nov 9, 2021
    Integrating the Atlas with SDOH

    Integrating the Atlas with SDOH

    An Interview with Dr. Aresha Martinez-Cardoso
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    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.
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    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…
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    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
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    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
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    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?
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    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…
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    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
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    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…
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    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…
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    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.
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    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.
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    Susan Paykin
    Aug 18, 2021
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