Last winter, the regulatory system at the FDA, the CDC and CMS delayed the ability of the United States to rapidly develop and deploy COVID-19 testing. These regulatory failures contributed to the rapid spread of COVID and led to lockdowns, and a wave of infections. This time around, the agencies could (and should) enable us to get ahead of the virus by approving rapid self-testing kits for COVID-19. The FDA…

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The goal of this upcoming event is to discuss the promises and challenges of large-scale human mobility data, and the diversity of ways it’s used to understand SARS-CoV-2 spread and the behavioral/policy responses to the pandemic. Panelists include Caroline Buckee, Andrew Schoeder, and Christophe Fraser. This event is hosted by the COVID-19 Data Forum. Learn more here. Register for the event here.