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Disease Outbreaks and Economics with Prof. Desbordes

Gideon

His current research interests encompass applied econometrics, determinants of political regime changes, and the links between biodiversity, economic activity, and zoonotic diseases. Lots of data still need to be produced, in order to strengthen surveillance systems. How did you find out about GIDEON? This is a tough question!

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Download time: What journalists should know about disappearing federal health data

Association of Health Care Journalists

The entire website was briefly unavailable, and journalists are reporting that several datasets may be affected by the sweeping changes. Some data, such as the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and the CDCs Social Vulnerability Index were unavailable on Friday afternoon.