COVID-19 Impacts

Understanding the Pandemic's Toll

The COVID-19 pandemic had far-reaching effects on health, the economy and society. Schaeffer Scholars continue to study the impact of the pandemic and related policies.

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Marketplace

Heun-Johnson quoted on how excess COVID-19 deaths affected Social Security finances

Featured Experts: Hanke Heun-Johnson

MedScape

COVID-19 may have boosted scope-of-practice disputes, Chen explains

Featured Experts: Alice Chen

Scientific Inquirer

Sood discusses ‘stark divide’ in COVID-19 mortality

Featured Experts: Neeraj Sood

The Washington Post

Excess pandemic deaths in the U.S. continue shifting younger, Schaeffer research finds

Featured Experts: Bryan Tysinger, Hanke Heun-Johnson

NBC News

Tysinger explains why the U.S. had an especially steep drop in life expectancy during the pandemic’s first year

Featured Experts: Bryan Tysinger

The COVID-19 Initiative

COVID-19 has cost millions of lives worldwide, overwhelmed healthcare systems, devastated economies and changed society for years to come. The Schaeffer Center’s COVID Initiative is working to improve public health and get people back to work without fear of infection.

Program Leadership

Neeraj Sood, PhD

Director, COVID Initiative, USC Schaeffer Center
Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor of Public Policy, USC Price School of Public Policy
Interim Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, USC Price \

COVID-19 Impacts

COVID-19 Impacts

Understanding the Pandemic's Toll

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Heun-Johnson quoted on how excess COVID-19 deaths affected Social Security finances

COVID-19 may have boosted scope-of-practice disputes, Chen explains

Sood discusses ‘stark divide’ in COVID-19 mortality

Excess pandemic deaths in the U.S. continue shifting younger, Schaeffer research finds

Tysinger explains why the U.S. had an especially steep drop in life expectancy during the pandemic’s first year

The COVID-19 Initiative

Neeraj Sood, PhD

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