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The Rockefeller Foundation Launches COVID-19 Modeling Accelerator 04.14.21 Fast-Tracks Medical Research into Real World Decision-Making Tools NEW YORK | April 14, 2021 – The Rockefeller Foundation announced the creation of the COVID-19 Modeling Accelerator and the first cohort of projects. This new initiative, which is designed to enable world-class academic research, is expanding access to the latest data, critical decision-making tools, and actionable solutions for state and local policy makers, public health officials, medical care staff, and others working to stop the COVID-19 crisis...

UT report finds disparities in COVID-19 vaccine and infection rate between East and West Austin Drew Knight, Luis de Leon COVID-19 vaccine divide: Unequal access for East and West Austin Replay Video UP NEXT Although East Austin has historically suffered the most infections from COVID-19, it's West Austin that has so far received the most vaccines, according to a report from the COVID-19 Modeling Consortium at the University of Texas. The report, released Monday, estimated the spatial distribution of COVD-19 infections and vaccine administration across Austin. Researchers mar...

Thursday, Feb. 4. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. As coronavirus case counts continue to decline and the latest surge recedes in the rearview mirror, a battle over reopening California schools looms. The fight intensified this week when Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Biden administration both said c...

 E-Mail As a new presidential administration takes steps to examine options to control the spread of COVID-19 through increased testing, epidemiologists at The University of Texas at Austin and other institutions have a new analysis that shows the value of having all people in the U.S. tested on a regular, rotating basis to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and the loss of life from COVID-19. The team's model is outlined in a paper published online today in The Lancet Public Health. With the introduction of accurate and inexpensive rapid tests, researchers say there is an optimal te...

The battle over reopening California schools intensified Wednesday when Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Biden administration said campuses can safely reopen without teachers being vaccinated — and unions pushed back, calling for school workers to be immunized as part of any sweeping reopening effort to return students to classrooms. Echoing the debate, the Southern California chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics called for schools to open immediately, asserting that the harms of keeping children out of school outweigh the risks of reopening. Meanwhile, United Teachers Los Angeles accused...