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A Pathway to Rapidly Cutting COVID-19 Deaths Through a Risk-Based Vaccination Strategy. Researchers are working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, but any potential vaccine will at first be in limited supply. Who should we prioritize?

The Risk of COVID-19 Spread in Intergenerational Households. As COVID-19 cases accelerate in many states across the country, intergenerational households face elevated risks of disease spread.

There are new hotspots in the US with accelerating rates of infection that government and health officials must address. Good data must help guide the conversation and support strategic solutions.

As the school year ends and planning for the fall begins, budget cuts, COVID-19 safety funding requirements, and pandemic-related distance learning challenges threaten to deepen racial inequities in education. Find out where schools will need greater supports.

Communities across the United States are reckoning with structural racism as protests continue over the police killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and many other Black and Brown people. Maps and data can provide quantitative confirmation of stories of racism that many already know, and can guide policymakers when reforming public policy to serve all residents.

PolicyMap’s Health Risk Index Featured by New York Times. In an article this week titled “Where Chronic Health Conditions and Coronavirus Could Collide,” the New York Times worked with PolicyMap to develop an index of health risk to severe COVID-19 illness.