I am a Mexicana, and I participated in one of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials! Unfortunately, I was a placebo arm. Last week I received my first real injection of the vaccine. This is my experience post-injection. There have been efforts by the FDA to increase the participation of historically underrepresented... read more →
September 2020, I made the decision to participate in one of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials. There is still vaccine hesitancy. My participation in this trial, along with my blog posts, are all in hopes of increasing transparency, and building trust within the trial community. You can follow my journey beginning... read more →
Tune in for a Health Datapalooza Webinar featuring Health and Human Services data leader, hosted by CareSet The Community Profile Report, a frequently updated national report detailing multiple data streams related to the COVID-19 pandemic, is transforming under the Biden Administration. Learn what this transformation means in relation to transparency... read more →
The Community FAQ for this data release is hosted by CareSet (PRNewswire) HOUSTON - Today Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the “COVID Community Profile Report” a daily updated snapshot of how COVID is affecting our states and communities. This release of county-level testing data has never been made available... read more →
(PRWEB) Yesterday the Federal Government released new hospital COVID-19 capacity data at the hospitals-level. Previously released data about hospital capacity had only been released at the state level. The Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided CareSet with early access to the data in order to facilitate the creation... read more →
Last night, HHS released COVID-19 capacity data at the hospital-level. Previously, this data had only been available on a state level. CareSet had early access to the hospital data in order to help create the Facility COVID PUF Community Frequently Asked Questions document. It is available on our GitHub page.... read more →
I thought it was pertinent I take the chance and sign up for the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial. This summer I began my journey. The trial I’m in contains two separate injections several weeks apart. It’s been a month since my second injection. The question remains, am I safe from COVID-19?... read more →
Working with life science organizations who create vaccines that help patients, I thought it was apt to immerse myself in the vaccine approval process given the opportunity. I signed up for the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial. I wrote about the beginning of this vaccination journey, and below is the first follow-up... read more →
It’s one thing to participate in a scientific study. But to participate in a vaccine trial for a virus in the middle of a pandemic around said virus? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity! I’ll be writing a series on my experience participating in a SARS-CoV-2 trial. Since... read more →
In my last post, I briefly touched on COVID-19 and older adults. In this post, I will take a short, basic data tour of the skilled nursing home COVID-19 data made available by the CDC. COVID-19 and Nursing Homes Late February, in Washington state, Stat News reported the first COVID-19... read more →