CGU Inequality and Policy Research Center - IPRC

06/02/2020

The IPRC helps you stay on top of breaking news and policy highlights of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Check our website and GIS Dashboard every day for the latest news!

https://research.cgu.edu/democratic-renewal/covid-19/

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COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, has spread fast, locally and globally, threatening health and ways of living across nations. Impacts are felt in politics, economics, public health and social interactions.

06/02/2020

The mass protests across the United States will likely result in new cases of COVID-19, though it will be difficult to distinguish between cases stemming from protests and those resulting from relaxed social-distancing rules.

The country should expect a spike in less than two weeks, public-health experts say.

05/31/2020

Grassroots testing in San Francisco’s Mission District shows that highest rates of infection occurred among persons of Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity,low-wage essential workers and those living in households with three or more people.

The testing was conducted by Unidos En Salud, a unique partnership between Mission community organizers in the Latino Task Force for COVID-19, UCSF researchers, the City and County of San Francisco, and the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

05/31/2020

Wastewater monitoring and analysis can help detect resurgence of COVID-19 early and at the community level.

What a month ago had been merely an intriguing lab finding about testing wastewater to detect the coronavirus has leapt to the threshold of real-world use.

05/30/2020

Most California counties are now entering Stage 3 of reopening, allowing religious gatherings, malls and barbershops.

Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines how local health regulations will determine how California reopens as the state enters phase 3 of lifting Coronavirus lockdowns. T...

05/30/2020

Academic institutions are conducting less research and development during the pandemic, to the detriment of the higher education and the economy. Greater coordination is needed across education, government, health, and the private sector to maintain research and create solutions for recovery. (Science)

A gradual, stepwise approach to reopening, informed by public health expertise, will be essential

05/28/2020

Most Americans expect a COVID-19 vaccine to be available by 2021, but only half say they will get vaccinated.

http://www.apnorc.org/projects/Pages/Expectations-for-a-COVID-19-Vaccine.aspx

05/26/2020

The IPRC helps you stay on top of breaking news and policy highlights of the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://research.cgu.edu/democratic-renewal/covid-19/

https://agis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=8529ff751ecb4fc88f816fb1587d2edf

COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, has spread fast, locally and globally, threatening health and ways of living across nations. Impacts are felt in politics, economics, public health and social interactions.

05/26/2020

Small businesses are challenged to meet fixed operating costs such as rent, mortgage payments and insurance. Businesses need clear rules and coordinated responses across governments to reopen from the epidemic effectively. (RAND)

Small-business owners are facing many challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. What kinds of policies might help them? What will they need to thrive once the immediate public health crisis has passed?